Lansana Conté

There are only two other big Chinese buildings in Conakry: the Palais du Peuple the seat of parliament which was constructed during the rule of dictator Sékou Touré (1958-1984) and the headquarters of Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG-Conakry) completed under President Lansana Conté (1984-2008)...

The captive had been one of the late President Lansana Conté’s bodyguards who then transferred his loyalty to Konaté the General who presided over the transition to civilian rule...

Ahmed Kanté recently appointed Minister-Counsellor for Mining Affairs was a Mines Minister under President Lansana Conté who died in December 2008...

Vale is bidding for a 50% stake in the mine from Israeli entrepreneur Beny Steinmetz himself the beneficiary of a deal signed by the late President Lansana Conté in December 2008...

He returned only after Lansana Conté took power in the 1980s...

He left the government of the late President Lansana Conté in 2000 on the back of a financial scandal...

Before leaving office former Mines and Geology Minister Mahmoud Thiam gave Rio Tinto a February deadline to withdraw from the two blocks that late dictator Lansana Conté had awarded to Beny Steinmetz...

After Sékou Touré’s death Condé returned to see if the new regime under the then Corporal Lansana Conté was serious about its promises to hand over to a democratic government...

Mamadou Sylla one of the richest men in Guinea and a backer of former military leader General Lansana Conté is also supporting Condé...