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Jean Marie Doré has been Confirmed As Guinean Premier
Jean Marie Dore, the leader of the “Union pour le Progrès de la Guinée” (UPG – Union for the Progress of Guinea) has been appointed Prime Minister, Head of Government by a decree issued Thursday in Conakry by the acting president of the Guinean...
United Nations Secretary General Hails Guinea’s Progress to Return to Constitutional Order
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has hailed the recent progress made towards the reinstatement of constitutional order in Guinea, including the decision of Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara to support the transition project...
Memorandum of Agreement to End the Crisis in Guinea Was Signed Friday
A memorandum of agreement to end the crisis in Guinea was signed Friday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under which the signatories agreed to maintain abroad the Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, currently “recovering” in Ouagadougou. The...
Guinea’s Acting Leader Returns From Morocco to Face Urgent Union Demands
Guinea’s interim leader and acting head of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), General Sekouba Konate who returned from Morocco on Tuesday night, is facing strike demands from the trade-union movement that threatens to launch...
Guinea’s Government Says Water, Energy Deficit to be Resolved Soon
The Guinean government has expressed its “satisfaction” over the level of advancement of the emergency program “Water and Electricity for All”, launched by the junta last June to find a solution to hydro-energy deficits for the benefit of the...
Guinean Army Allegedly Harassing Civilians As They Hunt for Renegade Soldiers
The Guinean national army soldiers are allegedly abusing civilians, as they continue to track down Captain Moussa Dadis Camara’s aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Aboubacar Toumba Diakite who tried on Thursday to assassinate the junta leader. The manhunt launched...
Former LURD Leader Returns to Liberia
The former leader of the disbanded rebel movement Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Sekou Damante Conneh, returned to Liberia Tuesday following a prolonged absence from the country. Conneh reportedly arrived in Monrovia Tuesday...
South African Mercenaries Accused of Training Rebels in Guinea
A Western diplomat on Sunday corroborated French media reports that mercenaries from South Africa are training forces loyal to the coup leader in Guinea, the the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said. According to the diplomat, the mercenary...
