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Guinea ALERT: Two national radio journalists unfairly suspended

Ibrahima Sadio Bah and Amadou Diouldé Diallo, two senior sports journalists of the state-owned Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) were on February 10, 2009 suspended indefinitely by the RTG’s management for allegedly violating the station’s editorial policy. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent reported that the suspension followed a comment that Diallo made on air praising Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, the military head of state for releasing  Aboubacar Bruno Bangoura,...

GUINEA: Record cold snap destroys crops, kills hundreds of animals

Near-freezing temperatures in north-central Guinea in January destroyed crops and livestock on which thousands of people depend for food as well as cash. Elderly locals told IRIN they had never seen cold this intense in Mali, a town in Guinea’s Labé region. “The vegetation looks as if it was burned in a fire,” Hannibal Barry of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told IRIN from Mali on 19 February during a joint evaluation by UN agencies, local authorities and...

ECOWAS to sanction Guinea

Guinea stands to be sanctioned on Friday when an extra-ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to convene in Abuja to discuss the recent military putsch in the country.The sanction, which may be in the form of suspension, is in protest against the coup and in line with the current stand of the AU against military takeover of government on the continent.Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe told State House correspondents at the end of a...

Guinea junta pledges 2009 polls

Guinea's military ruler has promised to hold elections in 2009 - a year earlier than previously announced. "Captain Camara was very clear...in accepting the period of 12 months," said Alain Joyandet. Capt Camara also pledged not to stand in those polls, according to the French secretary of state for co-operation. He seized power last month, hours after the death of President Lansana Conte. Mr Joyandet is the most senior western official to meet the coup leaders, reports the AFP news agency....

French official visits Guinea to discuss elections

A French official will travel to Guinea on Saturday to meet the ruling military junta and the civilian prime minister to discuss the organisation of elections in the first half of the year.The National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) took control of the West Africa bauxite exporter last month on the death of President Lansana Conte.

Guinea junta names banker as PM

Guinea's military rulers have named a banker as their prime minister, a week after their coup. Kabine Komara had been an executive at the African Export-Import Bank, based in the Egyptian capital Cairo. His appointment came as western envoys met Guinea's coup leaders and urged them to hand over power quickly.

Coup-hit Guinea burying ex-leader

Funeral ceremonies have been taking place in Guinea for former President Lansana Conte, whose death this week triggered a military coup.Thousands packed a stadium in the capital Conakry to hear tributes to the late leader whose coffin was brought in after lying in state at parliament.

Coup fear as Guinea president dies

The West African country of Guinea, reeling after the death of President Lansana Conte, is staring at the prospect of widespread political instability amid an apparent coup.Journalist Mohammed Kayta in Conakry said the Guinean military seized control of the capital city's streets in an apparent coup. He reported that the military was holding negotiations to determine who will succeed Conte, who ruled the country for nearly 25 years.

Military takes control in Guinea

Guinea's army has announced that it has dissolved the country's government and suspended the constitution, hours after the death of President Lansana Conte.In a state radio statement, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara said a "consultative council" of civilian and military leaders would be set up in their place.

GUINEA: Mining zones take on AIDS

CONAKRY Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - With an HIV infection rate of 5.2 per cent, the lucrative mining sector in Guinea is particularly at risk from the epidemic. Some mining companies have begun setting up their own programmes to make up for the lack of HIV/AIDS services on offer. But they say a public-private partnership is essential if local residents are not to be excluded. Guinea has immense resources in bauxite, iron, gold, diamonds and other minerals which, the government says,...