The country has been officially declared Ebola-free, having passed the mandatory 42-day period with no new confirmed or probable cases, goal described as an "impressive milestone" by the UN Children's Fund's regional director for West and Central Africa

A committee of opposition groups, civil society organisations and activists in Guinea, known as Forces vives, called for the composition of a civil government by 1 January, announcing a new series of demonstrations and civil society mobilisations

Guinea's Kofi Annan University celebrated the graduation of students in its 23rd year; the class is now named 'Promotion Djiba Diakité', in homage to the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic

Guinea Alumina Corporation organised an awareness-raising campaign and distribution of school kits in collaboration with the NGO Club des Jeunes Filles Leaders de Guinée to reaffirm commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities