Africa Guinea The National Council of Rally for Development (CNRD) has announced a transition period to civilian rule of 36 months putting the country at odds with regional partners and the UN who have called for a much shorter transition period
Africa Guinea Guinea's military junta announced that it had received "proposals", ranging from 18 to 52 months, for a political transition, with 25 April marking the deadline set by ECOWAS to present a plan for transition to a civilian government
Africa Guinea The Guinean media are increasingly reporting on chimpanzee attacks on villages and people: Guinea is the West African country with the highest number of wild chimpanzees, particularly numerous in Fouta-Djalon, a mountainous area in the centre
Africa Guinea Koran is now available in its translation into Pulaar-Fullde, the fula language spoken by 60 million Africans; the new version is the result of a project led by the association Islam House and Guinean Centre for Studies and Translation, based in Conakry
Africa Guinea In a decree by President Doumbouya, Mohamed Bérété, until now secretary general of the National Assembly, was appointed legal adviser to the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
Africa Guinea The Russian mining company Rusal announced that it will soon be unable to pay salaries to its 4.000 employees in the country due to banking restrictions; activities are suspended and several plants have already been closed for almost a month
Africa Guinea A technical assessment mission of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has ended its visit to the country and concluded with recommendations for an inclusive and peaceful transition
Africa Guinea The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Crafts launched the construction of cultural, tourist and craft infrastructures in various towns, including a craft village in Labé, which will allow products to be produced, displayed and marketed
Africa Guinea Budget Minister Moussa Cissé has appointed 32 heads of division of administrative and financial affairs (DAF) in ministries and constitutional institutions
Africa Guinea A recent study focused on identifying the impact of modifiable variables in acute stroke management in Conakry as potential predictors of favourable stroke outcome in a sample of 108 patients
Africa Guinea The "Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée" participated in the 39th annual conference of the International Committee for the Study of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium, recalling the importance of its environmental, social and governance strategies
Africa Guinea A key communication has been issued by the ARPT, Autorité de Régulation des Postes Et Télécommunications, on the reduction of communication tariffs for mobile phone services
Africa Guinea Chairs made of stretched wire, produced using a long, highly developed construction technique, are losing the interest of locals, especially the new generations; craftsman Babara Soumah launched an appeal to institutions to prevent the art's disappearance