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By Nico Colombant Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 13 May 2008 With rising oil prices, oil exporters like the lightly-populated central African country of Equatorial Guinea, are awash with new revenue. Here, a new modern capital called Malabo II is being bu
By Nico Colombant and Pauline Bax Abidjan and Conakry 09 January 2006 Youth struggling to make ends meet in Conakry, Guinea In the West African nation, Guinea, which some economists fear could collaps
By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 January 2007 While talks sputter to end Guinea's deadly two-week nationwide strike, the country's main export industry is starting to feel the effects. Guinea is the world's largest exporter of bauxite, the raw material used
By Nico Colombant Reported by Pauline Bax in Conakry, Guinea 06 January 2006 Guinea's opposition is expressing dismay over the organization of recent local elections, leading one party to quit parliam
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 January 2007 West African heads of state have concluded a summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The top two issues were the on-going general strike in Guinea and the stalled peace process in Ivory Coast. The leaders expressed
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 February 2007 Union leaders in Guinea are welcoming a more relaxed curfew, but are pursuing a crippling strike action. They say they want President Lansana Conte to respect agreements signed in January that have been ignore
By Brian Wagner Caracas 28 May 2007 Venezuela's replacement of a popular opposition television station with a new state-backed network drew fierce criticism that President Hugo Chavez is curtailing democratic freedoms. Demonstrators, including univer
Mutinous soldiers trying to take power in Guinea have named an army captain as the country's new leader while promising to hold democratic elections in two years. The civilian government in Conakry says it is still in charge. New ruling council says
Guinea's new prime minister faces many challenges in returning his country to civilian rule. Guinea's military leaders chose an international banker as their prime minister to lead a process toward new elections following last week's military coup.
By Scott Stearns Dakar 30 September 2009 Guinea's military government says it will not allow any gatherings that could threaten public safety, following the killing of at least 157 people protesting the expected candidacy of the country's military r
By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 February 2007 Guinea's President Lansana Conte has declared a state of emergency following renewed violence that left at least a dozen people dead in the capital. This came as union leaders resumed a nationwide strike Mond
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 09 October 2009 Guinean police arrest a protester on 28 Sep 2009 in front of the biggest stadium in the capital Conakry during a protest banned by Guinea's ruling junta After last week's massacre of dozens of Guineans by gover
By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 February 2007 Many West African countries do not have enough money to pay teacher salaries on a regular basis or to refurbish schools. The result is a decaying educational system, with frustrated teachers, students and par
At least 500,000 Liberians are affected by a plague of caterpillars that is destroying crops, polluting drinking water and spreading to neighboring Guinea. Aryworm At least 100 villages are affected in Liberia's richest agricultural region near the
Guinea-Bissau's new interim president is calling on his people to help restore stability to the nation, a day after the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira. National Assembly speaker Raimundo Perreira took the oath of office as president
UNHCR Launches $62 Million Appeal For Return of Congolese Refugees
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 September 2007 Guinea-Bissau's military recently said it would shoot down planes suspected of transporting illegal drugs as it attempts to fight the drug trade that some say could overrun the country. But some in the West Af
By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2007 The small, impoverished former Portuguese colony, Guinea Bissau, has one cash crop - cashews. It accounts for an estimated 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Eighty-five percent of the population depend
By Scott Stearns Dakar 02 October 2009 Guinea military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara salutes during independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea, 2 Oct 2009 Guinea's military ruler used the nation's independence day to express his sympathy fo
By Scott Stearns Dakar 19 October 2009 Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara(file photo) Facing a regional arms embargo, Guinea's military ruler says he is ready to continue with mediation efforts. But Captain Moussa Camara says he wi