Guinea News

CONAKRY : Unemployed youths demanding jobs torched vehicles belonging to mining group Rio Tinto at the weekend near its disputed Simandou iron ore mining project, a company spokesman said.

Pyongyang, September 5 -- A floral basket was sent to the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill here by Lansana Conte, President of Guinea, on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the DPRK.

The Inter Press Service has a profile of some of the families who lost loved ones during the repression of the early 2007 general strike.

TM and the Government of Guinea concluded the sale of TM's 60 per cent stake in Societe des Telecommunications de Guinee to the Government of Guinea on 27 August 2008 further to an agreement of both parties.

Kadiatou Diallo Sylla shares a shack with her family in Bambeto, a Conakry suburb.

The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on August 14, 2008, appointed Father Raphael Balla Guilavogui of the clergy of the Diocese of N'Zerekore and currently studying for a Doctorate in Biblical Theology at the ...

Guinea will work with foreign investors in the mineral-rich West African country as long as they comply with its mining code, its new mines minister said late on Friday.

CONAKRY, 29 August 2008 - Lack of funding and a June shift in government mean landmark legislative elections scheduled for November 2008 will be pushed back, Ben Sekou Sylla, president of Guinea's independent ...

Ibe Kaba, Minneapolis based spoken word artist publishes his first book of poetry - 'Bridge Across Atlantic.

Harambee Stars returned to camp at Kasarani on Monday, to prepare for the crunch return leg of the 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations against Namibia's Brave Warriors on September 6. Kenya is second in Group ...

Counterfeit and pirated goods are a serious threat t o the Mozambican economy, President Armando Guebuza warned here Thursday.

Media Foundation for West Africa On 13 August 2008, Kaleb Koli, the director of the information on Familia FM, a privately-owned Conakry-based radio station, was attacked by four unidentified assailants, ...

Frank Conakry, a/k/a DJ Soulpusher, recently spent three years living in West Africa for the sole purpose of crate-digging. He scoured 30-year-old private music collections and the homes of old musicians in ...

Biography Guinea C plays traditional songs from Guinea, West Africa, in a contemporary style.

The UniverSoul Circus comes to town complete with entertaining elephants. When Helene Sano was a baby in Africa, she used to amaze her father by putting her leg around her neck.

The Washington Post has an article by the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on a problem that's causing increasing concern: drugs trafficking in West Africa.

Commentary on the news, culture, sports and current events of sub-Saharan Africa from someone who's lived there.

The world's third largest gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti said on Wednesday that it had been "quite substantially" affected by the one-day Congress of SA Trade Unions strike.

Commentary on the news, culture, sports and current events of sub-Saharan Africa from someone who's lived there.

POLITICAL intrigue and rising resources nationalism has raised fresh doubts over Rio Tinto's grip on its $US6 billion Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.