Guinea News

A mother shows the identification of her son who was killed in one of the many recent pro-democracy protests in Guinea.

CONAKRY, Jul 30, 2010 - Celou Dalein Diallo gained a significant advantage over Alpha CondA©, his main rival for the Guinean presidency, when a third candidate said he would back Diallo in a second round of voting in August.

Gavin Wendt, a senior analyst with MineLife Co. Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Susan Li from Sydney about Aluminum Corp.

The president of Guineaa s Research Institute on Democracy and Rule of Law, a non-governmental organization, said Guineans are anxiously waiting to vote after the electoral commission proposed 14th August as the date for the presidential election run-off. Attorney Thierno Balde said Guineaa s transitional President-General, Sekouba Konate, will now ...

The candidate who came out on top in the first round of Guinea's presidential election, Cellou Dallein Diallo, has won the backing of third-placed Sidya Toure for the run-off, sources in Diallo's party said on Wednesday.

More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency". But the struggles of a new local NGO show the challenge of operating in a non-emergency mode while much development funding ...

By Yasmin El-rifae Nouakchott, Mauritania - At least ten people were injured on Wednesday when a Mauritania Airways passenger plane veered off the runway while landing at Conakry airport in Guinea.

A MAURITANIAN passenger jet with 97 people on board overshot the runway as it landed at Guinea's main airport early on Wednesday, airport sources said.

Corsicana - Hadidja Uwimana, 21, called "Kay" by her Navarro College friends, made it to the top 10 finalists before being overcome in the Miss Africa USA competition this past weekend.

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Presidential candidate Sidya Toure casts his ballot in presidential elections in Conakry, Guinea, 27 Jun 2010 Guinea's former prime minister, Sidya Toure, accepted defeat Thursday in the country's presidential poll.

From the outside looking in, African elections often look messy, violent and corrupt.

Global Alumina Corporation , a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea , announced that Guinea Alumina Corporation and the Republic of Guinea have signed a Port Agreement and an Infrastructure Agreement and, along with ...

Guinea's top court on Tuesday overruled challenges to the results of a hotly contested June 27 presidential poll, paving the way for a run-off between the West African state's top two candidates.

The Supreme Court in Guinea has confirmed that there will be a second round in the country's landmark presidential election.

The Membertou First Nation has entered into a joint clean energy venture with GrupoGuascor of Spain.

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 7, 2010 Statement by the President on the Elections in Guinea On behalf of the American people, I extend my congratulations to the people of Guinea, who peacefully and successfully conducted an initial round of voting in the countrys first free elections since becoming an ...

A Protocol of agreement for cooperation between the Community of S. Egidio and the Commission of the African Union was signed on Thursday 15 July at the African Union head offices in Addis Ababa .

A historical presidential election is underway in Guinea as the official results of the first round [fr]A are about to be made official.

Local residents watch as election workers count presidential votes at an outdoor polling station in Conakry, Guinea Guinean authorities say they have uncovered a plot to destabilize the second round of voting in the presidential election meant to return the country to civilian government.