Lansana Conté

After almost a week of 'medical checks' in Switzerland President Lansana Conté's quiet return on 17 August was marked only by a brief statement without pictures on state television...

Bangoura (AC Vol 47 No 12) called an emergency meeting with Solano Security Minister Ibrahima Dieng and Schools Minister Mamadou Bhoye Bah who stood against the ailing President Lansana Conté in the 2003 presidential poll...

In April he helped the ailing President Lansana Conté to oust Premier Cellou Dallein Diallo and eleven other ministers (AC Vol 47 No 10)...

The authority of the state and the economy of the world's second largest bauxite producer (after Australia) have steadily dwindled since President Lansana Conté officially announced he was ill in 2003 (AC Vol 45 No 11)...

GUINEA: The disputed local elections on 18 December which saw the ruling PUP claim victory in 31 of the 38 municipalities reinforces doubts about the credibility of President Lansana Conté's reforms and the country's stability...

Liberian national elections are due on 11 October and tensions are rising in the other troubled neighbour Guinea as military men and politicians jockey to succeed the ailing President Lansana Conté (AC Vol 46 No 11)...

Last month Canada's Global Alumina Products Corporation (Gapco) secured approval from President Lansana Conté to build a 2...

Gbagbo's main regional ally is Guinean President Lansana Conté...

The vultures are gathering as President Lansana Conté is reported to be slipping in and out of a diabetic coma...

The new target it seems is Northern Guinea where these fighters - predominantly Mandingo soldiers and Taylor-loyalists - join forces with local dissidents to exploit the power vacuum caused by the decline of President Lansana Conté...