Africa Guinea "Bassari" community is one of the ethnic minorities that make up Guinea and they are often victims of "discrimination" and "rejection" in some public services in Conakry and in urban areas because of their patronymic, often considered non-Guinean
Africa Guinea On World Fisheries Day, Guinean stakeholders took the opportunity to clean up the artisanal fishing port of Bonfi
Africa Guinea A workshop was held in Conakry on drug monitoring and information systems given the growing drug problems in the country, which recorded 10 cases of drug-related deaths in October
Africa Guinea Ahead of the Extraordinary Assembly scheduled for 12 November to adopt the revised statutes of the Football Federation of Guinea, FIFA and CAF have sent a joint letter to the leaders of the Committee for Normalisation
Africa Guinea The Economic Community of West African States and the Guinean transitional government reached an agreement for a 24-month transition
Africa Guinea The NGO CADES/Guinea recently organised a national workshop in Conakry to transfer skills and tools to state actors for the promotion of women's entrepreneurial rights in the country
Africa Guinea Guinea's oldest chimpanzee died at the age of about 71, the Ministry of the Environment said; her name was Fana, she was a female and lived alone
Africa Guinea West African leaders, at a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, agreed to impose graduated sanctions on Guinea's junta for its inflexibility in setting a date for a return to civilian rule
Africa Guinea The trial of the victims of the 2009 massacre at the Conakry stadium during opposition protests is expected to open on 26 September, interim Justice Minister Alphonse Charles Wright said
Africa Guinea The Guinean Football Federation has reached an agreement with the FAF (Algerian Football Federation) and FIF (Ivorian Football Federation) to play two friendly matches during the FIFA international break from 19 to 27 September
Africa Guinea Several municipal councils in the country were dissolved by decree for mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds
Africa Guinea The announced dissolution of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution and the summoning of a journalist to a military camp show that the authorities are violating the freedoms of expression and association according to Amnesty International
Africa Guinea Several members of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution were arrested between Saturday and Sunday after demonstrations against the junta last week