Guinea News

Guinea's former ruling party, the Party of Unity and Progress , is warming up ahead of the post- coup elections in June, according to party officials.

In Guinea's capital, Conakry, family members cry after identifying the body of a relative killed on September 28, 2009, when security forces fired on opposition supporters as they marched to and later held a rally in the September 28 Stadium.

Guinean junta chief Captain Camara signs pact on 15 Jan 2010 in Ouagadougou during a meeting with interim junta chief General Sekouba Konate and Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore A fact-finding report commissioned by Guinea's military junta to study last September's Conakry soccer stadium massacre has come under fire for having sharp ...

Guinea has released a former mines minister jailed last year on embezzlement charges, a senior police source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Far away from the family he loves, separated by continents for over a decade, Mamadou Tounkara is now one step closer to having his wife and three children with him in Prince George.

Nutrition experts in Guinea are studying options for treating moderately malnourished children, as funding shortages disrupt normal programmes using fortified flour.

From Africa Confidential : Blamed for the massacre of over 100 civilians last September, the junta in Conakry is trying to improve its image via a United States-based public relations company run by two former Department of Defense officials.

Amnesty International said weapons supplied from abroad were used by Guinea's armed forces to perpetrate a "horrific" massacre of opposition supporters last year, in a report published Tuesday.

Guinea's military leader has survived an attack by one of his soldiers in the capital Conakry, a government spokesman says.

At the conclusion of her three day visit [JURIST report], Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer, said that the ICC would work with the Guinean legal system [AFP report] to prosecute the offenders.

The killing of opposition supporters in Guinea last year was a crime against humanity, the International Criminal Court has said.

The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court arrived in Guinea on a three-day visit to assess whether it can try those responsible for a 2009 opposition massacre if the government fails to do so.

France restored military and civilian ties with Guinea on Tuesday after a transitional government was named to chart a course towards elections in the troubled west African country.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:07 a.m. CONAKRY, Guinea - A decree read by Guinea's leadership on state TV announced that two army officers accused of grave crimes have been appointed ministers in Guinea's nascent transitional government.

The UN Security Council welcomed on Tuesday the recent positive developments in Guinea while remaining concerned by the situation.

The Hague - The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will visit Guinea this week to assess whether it can try those responsible for a 2009 opposition massacre if the government fails to do so.

National Confederation of Guinean Workers Secretary-General Rabiatou Serah Diallo speaks to journalists in Conakry Over a decree on state radio late Monday, Interim President Sekouba Konate said Rabiatou Serah Diallo would be president of the Transitional Council, which will manage the country's move to civilian rule.

A military hard-liner who was among the most vocal supporters of Guinea's exiled coup leader and who chartered a private plane to try to force him to return to Guinea was arrested overnight Saturday, according to two sources close to the junta.

"A simple traffic accident that has caused an explosion of violence reveals a worsening of Guinean society and, in particular, of that area of the country," a source from the Church in Guinea told Fides after clashes in N'Zerekore, which have resulted in two deaths and about forty wounded.

Road to the airport in N'zA©rA©korA©, southeastern Guinea A routine humanitarian flight to the area was canceled after clashes DAKAR, 8 February 2010 - Tensions following clashes in N'kA©rA©korA©, southeastern Guinea, are hampering the movement of some humanitarian workers and supplies, according to the UN.