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After months of ambiguity, Guinean President Alpha Condé confirmed on Wednesday for the first time that he is candidate for a third term, despite a protest that cost the lives of dozens of civilians. The Guinean president, 82, announced on Wednesday, September 2, that he was entering the presidential race. “From now on, I am […]
Despite a wave of protests, delegates of the ruling party in Guinea on Thursday pleaded for the outgoing president, Alpha Condé, to be their candidate in the presidential election. The choice could stir up new tensions in Guinea. The party of the Guinean president Alpha Condé asked him, Thursday, August 6, to be its candidate […]
The European Union has earmarked six million euros, or 65 billion Guinean francs, for the response to the coronavirus epidemic in Guinea, under a contract signed on Monday with the NGO Alima (Alliance for International Medical), announced the European delegation in a statement. The funds should be injected in a project related to the health […]
Guinean authorities have acknowledged that intercommunal violence following the disputed referendum in Nzérékoré on March 22 has resulted in the death of 30 people. Basically, the authorities accuse the opposition of being behind the violence that led to the arrest of 57 people, including 44 who were placed under a committal order in Kankan. Two […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has just awarded a grant of nearly €762,000 to Guinea. The amount, granted through the AfDB Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), will support the Guinean Rural Electrification Agency sett up solar off-grid projects for the country’s villages. According to the bank, funds will be used, among others, to finance […]
The electoral commission in Guinea has announced the party of President Alpha Condé as a winner of last month’s parliamentary elections, which the opposition boycotted. Conde’s ruling Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) won 79 of 114 seats in the National Assembly, the commission said Wednesday evening. The government had already declared victory in […]
Guinea’s electoral body said March 27 that Guinea has voted to back a contested new constitution. Independent National Electoral Commission president, Amadou Salifou Kebe, told reporters that 91.59 percent of ballots were in favor of adopting the new constitution, while 8.41 percent were against. Turnout was 61 percent, he added, saying that these were provisional […]
At least 10 people were killed in clashes Sunday between police and protesters, opposition activists said, as Guinea held a bitterly disputed referendum, despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Critics say the referendum is a ploy by the president to stay in power. If the polls started in a calm environment in the […]
L’ Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie (OIF) on Monday warned Guinea’s electoral authorities over the accuracy and credibility of the electoral rolls as the country is preparing for polls. The OIF, the francophone organization equivalent of the Commonwealth, said the registers included nearly 2.49 million “problematic” names, including duplicated names, people who were too young […]
It seems that the Polisario’s worst nightmare is coming true as the number of African countries opening consular representations in the Moroccan Sahara is increasing, deepening the isolation of the separatist group. In this vein, Guinea, one of the African countries strongly backing Morocco’s territorial integrity, opened on Friday jan.17 a Consulate General in the […]