Guinea, Africa

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Five years ago, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Guinea cost US$100 per patient per month; today, thanks...

CONAKRY Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Guinea fell five spots in the 2008 ranking of perceptions of corruption released by the watchdog...

CONAKRY Thursday, October 02, 2008 (IRIN) - As regional leaders gathered in Conakry on 2 October to celebrate Guinea’s 50 years of independence from...

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - People living near Guinea’s mining sites are increasingly taking to the streets to protest the lack of...

CONAKRY Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Fatoumata Binta Diallo's husband had been positive for many years when she discovered she was HIV...

Mambanjick Njie, permanent secretary, Department of State for Youth and Sport, has said that the biennial National Youth Conference and Festival...

The National Communications Council (CNC), the media regulatory body in Guinea on November 4, 2008 ordered the management of Familia FM , a community...

Guinea has become a major drug-trafficking hub and the trade there is now potentially more dangerous than in Guinea-Bissau, according to Antonio...

Traore Facely, a reporter of Familia FM, a privately-owned radio station was on September 24, 2008 arrested and briefly held in the custody of the...

Guinea fell five spots in the 2008 ranking of perceptions of corruption released by the watchdog non-profit Transparency International (TI)....