Guinea News
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Conakry -
Two youths were shot dead and several other people were wounded in clashes between Guinean police and protesters at a funeral march for those killed in recent anti-government demonstrations, the authorities and the family of one of the victims said.
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Conakry -
Tens of thousands of Guineans rallied in support of President Alpha Conde on Thursday after two weeks of violent protests against the leader's suspected bid to prolong his rule claimed around 10 lives.
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Conakry -
Tens of thousands of protestors marched in the Guinean capital of Conakry on Thursday in the latest round of demonstrations against President Alpha Conde, accused of trying to circumvent a bar on a third term in office.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Brazilian fishermen rescued two dozen migrants from Africa found drifting near the northeast coast of Brazil after 35 days at sea, officials and local media said Sunday.
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Paris -
Billionaire French tycoon Vincent Bollore was detained Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation into his group's activities in West Africa where it operates several ports, legal sources told AFP.
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Conakry -
Police have arrested at least 50 people following an arson attack that killed five children in central Guinea after last weekend's local elections, a local official said.
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Conakry -
Fourteen suspects held over a 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea which killed 157 people are to go before a criminal tribunal after a legal investigation concluded, the country's justice minister said.
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Dakar -
Two Sierra Leonean health workers on Friday sued their government in a West African court, alleging its misuse of donor funds during the Ebola crisis had contributed to the deaths of thousands.
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By AFP
Conakry -
Guinean judges have completed an investigation into a massacre in which at least 157 opposition supporters were killed and 109 women raped by troops in a stadium in 2009, the justice ministry said in a statement Thursday.
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Geneva -
The Red Cross has uncovered several cases of fraud by officials during efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014-2016, estimating losses of $6-million (5.2 million euros).
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Geneva -
The Red Cross has uncovered several cases of fraud by officials during efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014-2016, estimating losses of $6-million (5.2 million euros).
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israeli police on Monday detained diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz and four others as part of an international money laundering investigation, authorities said.
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Conakry -
Piles of rubbish and broken-down cars are being removed from the rundown streets of Conakry, and disgruntled hawkers on the main avenues have been told to close their stalls and move on.
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Conakry -
In pushing Yahya Jammeh to give up The Gambia's presidency, negotiators played on two key cards: his deep Muslim faith and his professed love of country.
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Conakry -
For years, Guinea's main dance company brought glory to the west African state, touring the globe for sell-out performances. Today, ageing and forgotten, it struggles to train a new generation of dancers facing a very uncertain future.
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Madrid -
Spanish police freed four young African migrants found squeezed into a hidden compartment of a minivan with no ventilation at a border crossing from Morocco into Spain and arrested the driver, they said Monday.
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Conakry -
Guinea's President Alpha Conde and opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo met for talks, two weeks after violent protests over alleged government corruption swept the capital.
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Paris -
French customs officials said Friday they had intercepted some 2,000 dead seahorses, prized in Asia for use in traditional medicine and as aphrodisiacs.
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By AFP
Conakry -
A man was shot dead by police during a demonstration in Guinea that saw at least half a million people protest against alleged government corruption, officials said.
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Ebola Virus has resurfaced in the West-African regions — leading to calls for stronger steps to counter the persistent nature of this catastrophic epidemic.
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Monrovia -
A 30-year-old woman has died in the Liberian capital after contracting Ebola, officials said Friday, more than two months after the epidemic was declared over in the country.
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Conakry -
Ebola has likely killed five people in Guinea after re-emerging in the country's south, health authorities said Tuesday, confirming two more deaths registered in recent days.
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Conakry -
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Conakry -
Guinea and Turkey signed multiple deals in areas including defence, health and energy during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the west African nation.
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Conakry -
The UN's health agency on Tuesday declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse.
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Conakry -
Guinea's government said on Monday it would step aside in the next two days to make way for a new administration as President Alpha Conde was installed for a second term.
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Conakry -
Guinean President Alpha Conde sacked his interior minister and two other government officials for "gross misconduct", for their handling of deadly violence that broke out at a religious gathering last weekend.
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Conakry -
Guinean incumbent Alpha Conde has won re-election after gaining an outright majority in the first round of a contested presidential vote, the country's electoral commission said, as the opposition cried foul and called for protests against the result.
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Conakry -
Early results from Guinea's disputed presidential vote showed incumbent Alpha Conde leading the first round, as his main rival said he would pull out of the election.
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Conakry -
Guinea's opposition on Monday called for a re-run of the weekend's first-round presidential vote, condemning the ballot as fraudulent even before the results were in and pledging to take to the streets in protest.
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Polio vaccination Julien Harneis
Conakry, the capital of Guinea. CCTV Africa
The wheat harvest in Guinea in 2009/ IFRC
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Medical personnel attending a Guinea Ebola patient. screenshot from WHO Ebola video 2014
Human Pyramid / Pyramide Humaine François Bergeron
Guinean politician Cellou Diallo cellou, diallo
Map of Guinea showing the location of Dubrecka and Forecariah. Both localities reported 11 new Ebola cases last week. NordNordWest
Aid workers and journalists found murdered in remote villages in Guinea. Grape
The Ebola vaccine needs to be kept at a temperature of – 80°C. These vaccine storage devices use jet fuel to keep the right temperature for up to 5 days in the field, even if the storage container is opened several times a day. Here a vaccine core is being inserted into the storage device. S. Hawkey/WHO
With schools and universities closed because of the Ebola outbreak, thousands of students spend their time riding around on their motorbikes, looking for temporary work. screen grab
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