Lansana Conté

Guido Santullo grew rich on government business while his patron Lansana Conté was President of Guinea...

Lansana Conté Dadis Camara and Konaté) announced the transfer of exploration rights on blocks 1 and 2 at the vast Simandou iron-ore concession from Rio Tinto to Beny Steinmetz Group Resources...

However President Lansana Conté on his deathbed and surrounded by his wives and courtiers authorised the retrocession of blocks 1 and 2...

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...