Business Guinea signs $15 billion deal for vast iron ore site Conakry – Guinea’s ruling junta has reached a $15 billion deal with Rio Tinto and an Asian-Guinean consortium to exploit the... Read more 27 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Four coups in West Africa leave doubts over return to democracy Dakar – Army officers have seized power in the West African states of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso since... Read more 26 Mar, 2022
Countries Ex-president’s aides held in Guinea political spat Conakry – Guinean ex-president Alpha Conde’s foreign minister and doctor have been arrested after a “clandestine” tape recording emerged of... Read more 24 Mar, 2022
Countries Guinea rights groups demand renconciliation process Conakry – Rights groups in Guinea on Friday demanded a reconciliation process as a condition for participating in a... Read more 20 Mar, 2022
Countries Guinea junta halts activity on huge iron deposit Conakry – Guinea’s junta has ordered a freeze on all activity at a vast iron ore deposit, saying work... Read more 12 Mar, 2022
Countries Party of ousted Guinea president names provisional new leader Conakry – The party of Guinean president Alpha Conde, who was overthrown last year, has appointed a temporary leader, sources... Read more 9 Mar, 2022
Business US slaps sanctions on 2 ‘Hezbollah financiers’ in Guinea Conakry – The United States said it had slapped sanctions on two Lebanese businessmen based in the West African state... Read more 8 Mar, 2022
Countries West Africa bloc, UN ‘concerned’ about Guinea’s democratic transition Conakry – West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS and the United Nations voiced deepening concern on Thursday about a stalling democratic... Read more 4 Mar, 2022
Countries Guinea illegal gold mine collapse kills 10 Conakry – A landslide at a gold mine in north-western Guinea has killed at least 10 people, a local official... Read more 3 Mar, 2022
Countries Guinea democracy group warns of protests over prolonged junta rule Conakry – A Guinean democracy group behind mass protests that contributed to last year’s military coup, said on Tuesday... Read more 2 Mar, 2022