Guinea

December 31, 2025

Africa

Guinea junta chief wins presidential election by landslide

Reuters / Gen Mamady Doumbouya has reneged on his promise not to run for office

February 29, 2024

Africa

Guinea Labor Unions Suspend Strike After Release of Union Leader

By Editors Desk

Mamady Doumbouya in 2023. The country has been under military rule since September 2021 when General Mamady Doumbouya seized power in a coup.Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

February 26, 2024

Africa

Guinea's capital Conakry grinds to a halt as general strike begins

Guinea's capital came to a standstill Monday on the first day of an open-ended general strike in a key test for the junta that seized power in 2021 and banned demonstrations while muzzling critics.

By Editors Desk

A picture taken in Conakry on October 12, 2020 shows a view of the city centre. © John Wessels, AFP (archives)

August 10, 2022

Africa

Guinea dissolves leading opposition group amid political unrest

Guinea’s junta-appointed government has dissolved the country’s leading opposition movement, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), under a decree authenticated by AFP on Tuesday.

By Editors Desk

May 05, 2022

Africa

Guinea to prosecute ousted president Alpha Condé for murder

Guinea said Wednesday it would prosecute former president Alpha Condé, who was toppled in a military coup last September, for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office.

By Editors Desk

Guinea's ex-president Alpha Condé was deposed in a coup in 2021. © AFP (Archives)

August 06, 2020

Africa

Guinea's ruling party asks Alpha Condé to run for third presidential term

Guinea's ruling party on Thursday urged President Alpha Conde to seek a third term in elections due this year, a scenario that has sparked clashes in the West African state.

Guinean President Alpha Condé speaks during a press conference at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France, on April 11, 2017. © Lionel Bonaventure, AFP