Vol 44 No 6 | GUINEA Out for the Conté 21st March 2003 After Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, neighbouring Guinea faces troubled times. President Lansana Conté, who has heart trouble, diabetes and a heavy smoking habit, seems too ill to succeed...
Vol 43 No 10 | GUINEA Unstable 17th May 2002 Explosions in Conakry's main army camp on 5 May were not because of a coup but they show how the army's dominant role is becoming a liability.
Vol 43 No 5 | GUINEA Money for mercs? 8th March 2002 The French immigration authorities have created a huge row in Guinea, by deporting there a group of 18 Liberians who gave evidence last year in the trial of...
Vol 42 No 18 | GUINEA Constitutional Conté 14th September 2001 Guineans believe President Lansana Conté is also eager to join the 'third term' club. Territorial Administration Ministry officials are behind the 'spontaneous demonstrations' for a referendum on another...
Vol 42 No 2 | GUINEA The war moves north 26th January 2001 Burkina and Liberia's warlords take aim at President Conté's rickety regime As the war slows down in Sierra Leone, it is heating up in Guinea. In essence, it's the same war. The Liberian and Burkinabè sponsors of the Revolutionary...
Vol 39 No 24 | GUINEA An election foretold 4th December 1998 There is evidence of wide-ranging attempts to rig the forthcoming elections By fair means or foul, President and General Lansana Conté is determined to 'win' the 14 December elections. His impressive opponents, who include a World Bank economist, a...
Vol 39 No 2 | GUINEA Curbing the press 17th March 2014 Security officials around President Lansana Conté are cracking down ahead of the presidential election scheduled for December, when their man and his Parti de l’ Unité et du...