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Guinea’s ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions by the West African bloc ECOWAS over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power. “In a dynamic compromise, experts from ECOWAS and Guinea have jointly developed a consolidated chronogram (timetable) for a transition spread over 24 months,” Economic […]
The transition authorities in Guinea have commissioned a cabinet market analysis to launch a new national carrier, 20 years after Air Guinée has gone bankrupt, Africa Guinee reports. Bernard Goumou, the Prime Minister of the West African country, has instructed the ministers of transport, finance, foreign affairs and budget to analyze the establishment of the […]
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has indicated that Guinea will no longer host the 35th African Cup of Nations, CAF2025. CAF Chief Patrice Motsepe made the announcement following a meeting with incumbent colonel Mamadi Doumbouya. “For the CAN 2025, the decision was made not to continue with Guinea because the infrastructure, despite the great […]
Heavy gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital — near the presidential palace, the main military camp and some residential areas — and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears of a mutiny nine months after a military coup d’etat overthrew the country’s president. Soldiers are reported to have taken up […]
Etienne Soropogui, a high profile political leader in Guinea Conakry, was arrested Saturday after slamming the ruling junta on a local popular radio station. The leader of Nos Valeurs Communes [Our Common Values] (NVC), according to his lawyer Salifou Béavogui, was collared by around 50 officers of the gendarmerie after he spoke on a show […]
Morocco has renewed this Monday before the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) its strong and constant support to the political transition process in Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Mali. Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the AU and the UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi, who was speaking at a meeting of the PSC devoted […]
Guinea Conakry Premier Bernard Goumou launched Monday the construction of the National Social Welfare Fund (CNPS); a project to cost 7.3 million euros. The future facility is a 10-storey building and the construction is valued at around 7.3 million euros. “This ceremony gives me the opportunity to tell you how pleased I am to see […]
The Guinean tourism ministry has signed a deal with SAB-TRANSIT SAU to refurbish and expand state-owned two-star tourism hotel Labe located in Labe, the capital of “Moyenne Guinee”, as part of the West african country’s efforts to revamp tourism potential, local reports say. Alpha Soumah, Minister of tourism signed an agreement with Elhadj BAH Mamadou […]
Thomas Boni Yayi, former Beninese President who also doubles as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator in the Guinean political crisis, concluded Saturday his second mission in the West African country without scoring any point, Turkish news agency Anadolu reports. Guinea has been ruled since September last year by a transition led […]
Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group has taken another step forward in its hopes of developing an iron ore mine in Gabon after it signed a majority-owned joint venture agreement with the country’s government. The world’s fourth largest iron ore miner announced Friday (19 August) it had struck an agreement with the government of the West African […]