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A maritime police officer patrols Bissau's port, which was a hub of drug trafficking.

US President Barack Obama s much discussed Cairo speech represented not only the demise of former US president George W. Bush s ideological drive to reconstruct the Muslim world through a democratic revolution; it marked the end of US liberalism s quest to remake the world in its own image.

WATCHING THE NORTH: South Koreans watch a television broadcasting a N Korea launch missile, at the Seoul Railway Station.

South African mercenaries have been recruited to reinstate deposed Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana, security-sector sources have told the Mail & Guardian .

The Republic of Guinea is no longer only a transit point for drugs on its way to Europe, it is a now a new market for drug traffickers.

African leaders are holding a summit on July1-3 in the Libyan port city Sirte amid a grave challenge being posed by a series of military coups and coup attempts over the past months.

The former head of the 'broad-based' government under the late President Lansana Conte had been arraigned on Tuesday evening and taken to PM3 as he failed to ke e p his commitments of making a monthly payment for US$200,000 as promised when he was first arraigned last March.

West-Indian-born civil-rights activist, leader of black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of its rallying slogan, 'black power.' Carmichael immigrated to New York City in 1952, attended high school in the Bronx, and enrolled at Howard University in 1960.

The Republic of Guinea is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and several other West African nations.

HUMMER's relationship with the American Red Cross extends back to 2005 when the SUV manufacturer first began supplying the agency with donated trucks for use in the disaster-stricken areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Marie Tounkara's newborn boy, a few minutes after birth, is alive thanks to a UNICEF-supported motorcycle ambulance.

Last month a French corruption inquiry accused the then Gabonese President, Omar Bongo Ondimba, of two grievous crimes: salting away a sinful proportion of Gabon's wealth in an estimated 71 foreign bank accounts in France alone and buying off whole streets of the primest real estate in Paris and Nice; and secondly, of encouraging similar ...

Italian photographer Giuliano Matteucci has won the third edition of the FotoGrafia - " Baume & Mercier International Award, created by Zoneattive and Baume & Mercier to offer all professional photographers an opportunity to present an original quality project, created in the best possible conditions in terms of production, organisation, ...

By Saliou Samb Conakry - Guinea has dismissed around 40 soldiers for protesting over pay and "various acts of indiscipline" as it struggles to reform its fractious military, a permanent source of insecurity in the West African nation.

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 9:19 p.m. A young African girl who was badly burned two years ago had her first surgery in the United States, and it was a success.

The former head of the Guinean armed forces is among 20 people expected to appear in court charged with drug trafficking in the next few days.

The Guinean military junta's cabinet member in charge of fighting crime and drugs trafficking provoked widespread international criticism when he urged civilians to 'burn alive' armed robbers caught in the act.

Guinea's military leader said he will not delay legislative and presidential elections scheduled for later this year, despite calls by other army leaders to postpone that vote.

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Patricia N. Moller, Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea.

Lus Cabral, who has died aged 78 from a heart attack, played a significant though short-lived role in the troubled history of the small, impoverished west African republic of Guinea-Bissau . He was the country's first president on independence in 1974, after a 13-year liberation war in which he played a distinguished part.