Tag Archives: Guinea

Guinea’s most wanted fugitive, a former high-ranking military officer who escaped from prison last November, has been extradited from Liberia along with his son, according to officials. Ex-Colonel Claude Pivi, who had been convicted in absentia for his involvement in the 2009 stadium massacre of opposition supporters in Conakry, will …

Guinea’s transitional president Mamady Doumbouya has dissolved the government led by Dr Bernard Goumou effective February 19, 2024. The dissolution was contained in a decree read on state TV and posted on the social media handles of the presidency. The post captioned: “Decree dissolving the government read for you by …

Gabon has been suspended from the Central African regional bloc effective September 4, 2023. The suspension is allied to the August 30 overthrow of president Ali Bongo Ondimba by the military on the day his electoral victory in the August 26 polls was announced. Gabon’s suspension was reached after a …

Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister has quit after a controversy over spending on the country’s official delegation at King Charles III’s coronation. Justin Tkatchenko travelled with his daughter Savannah, who posted a TikTok showing her first-class plane journey and shopping spree in Singapore. On Wednesday, he branded her critics “primitive …

The former first lady of Guinea, Hadja Djéné Kaba Condé, died on Saturday in the French capital, Paris, multiple local news portals reported. The information of the death of the wife of former President Alpha Condé, was confirmed by his Foundation, (FCDK PROSMI), Condé Djéné Kaba Foundation for the Promotion …

Pirates have abandoned a Danish-owned ship hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea last week but have taken some crew members with them while others have been brought to safety, the vessel’s owner says. The Liberian-flagged oil and chemicals tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded on Saturday by five armed people 225km …

Most of the time, it’s hard to understand why people raise chickens at home instead of guinea fowl. But there are some good reasons to have guinea fowls in your house. Because they are easy and cheap to care for, keep snakes away from our homes, and provide food for …

President of Equatorial Guinea has won re-election for the sixth consecutive time extendig his stay in office to beyond four decades. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, secured almost 95% of votes, in a vote he was largely expected to win. Officials results were released over the weekend by the national poll …

The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, has announced more sanctions on Guinea’s military government after it failed to establish a new schedule for a transition to democracy. In an extraordinary summit held on Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, leaders …

Managing Editor of Insight Newspaper, Kwasi Pratt Jnr, has bemoaned the rate at which Ghana imports products that can easily be produced in Ghana. Speaking to the host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, Kwesi Pratt Jnr revealed how disheartening it is to know that Ghana is the third largest …