Tag: Guinea
resolutions and policy announcements for the new year
African heads of state engaged in the traditional exercise of televised greetings for the new year. Here are extracts from some of their interventions in Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, Guinea and…
dismissal of the trial of opponent Aliou Bah
In Guinea, opponent Aliou Bah returns to prison. After its opening this Tuesday morning, December 31 in Conakry, the trial of the president of the MoDeL party (Liberal Democratic Movement)…
opponent Aliou Bah imprisoned after his first day of trial
Guinean opponent Aliou Bah faced justice on December 30, 2024. The president of Model was placed under arrest and imprisoned in civil prison. He is being prosecuted for insulting the…
arrest of opponent Aliou Bah, leader of the MoDeL party
In Guinea, the opponent and leader of the political party MoDeL (Liberal Democratic Movement), Aliou Bah, spent his second night in police custody in the premises of the central directorate…
WWF identifies 742 new species in the Congo Basin
It’s a huge job coordinated by the African branch of the WWF: combing through the scientific literature of the last ten years to draw up an inventory of species discoveries…
HRW documents protester deaths in 2024 in report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is concerned, in a new report, about the human rights situation under the CNRD junta in Guinea. If the NGO welcomes the organization of the trial…
the disappearance of journalist Habib Marouane Camara since his arrest worries his relatives and NGOs
Journalist Habib Marouane Camara was violently arrested by gendarmes on Tuesday December 3. His whereabouts since then are unknown. His lawyer denounces a “ arbitrary arrest » while the authorities…
“The Guinean government must speak out on the true number of deaths”
Dozens of people died on December 1, 2024 in a crowd movement during a football match featuring a Mamadi Doumbouya trophy, general who has ruled Guinea since 2021. The authorities…
three days of national mourning after the tragedy of N’Zérékoré and the opening of an investigation
In the capital of the forest region of Guinea, a deadly stampede took place on Sunday December 1, 2024 at the April 3 stadium during the final of a football…
Dozens dead in football riots in Guinea | News in brief
Dozens of people have died in clashes between football fans in West African Guinea, hospital sources tell the news agency AFP. One doctor, who spoke anonymously, told of at least…