Firefighters are still battling massive blaze that erupted at Guinea’s petroleum facility. The fire has created giant smoke stretching out across the capital city, raising air quality concerns in Conakry. A press release issued this morning by the Office of the Prime Minister indicates that the fire engulfed oil storage[Read More…]
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Guinea: Lawyer Concerned Over Capt Dadis Camara Safety
Lawyer Pépé Antoine has expressed concerns over the safety of former Junta leader after foiled jailbreak. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara and two aides were rearrested Saturday and sent back to Conackry Central prison following a massive manhunt. “When a client who is incarcerated in a high security prison facility got[Read More…]
Guinea: Activist Calls For A Probe Into Prison Escape
In wake of the spectacular prison escape, Guinea’s renowned human rights defender Dr. Mamady Kaba is calling for a probe into how Captain Dadis Camara and three aides were able to be exfiltrated by a group of assailants. “There must be an independent probe into the prison break in order[Read More…]
Guinea: Ex Constitutional Court President Sent To Jail
The former president of the Constitutional Court, the court that validated the third mandate for Alpha Conde has been sent to prison. On Thursday 15 December, the former president of the Constitutional Court, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura was charged by the Court of Repression of Economic and Financial Offences for “alleged[Read More…]
Guinean Court Suspends Dadis Camara Trial
The former head of the Guinean military junta on Monday (December 5) has successfully pleaded for his trial over a mass killing 13 years ago to be deferred due to personal health concerns. The trial continues at the special court in Conakry. After the hearings of Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, nicknamed[Read More…]
G/Conakry: Ex-PM Takes Over Conde’s Party As Interim Head
Ibrahim Kassory-Fofana, the last Prime Minister of the Alpha Conde regime was, on Thursday evening, appointed chairman of the provisional executive council of the former ruling ‘Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinee’ (RPG). The party’s next congress is likely to be held before the end of this year and will determine the[Read More…]
Defiant Junta Rejects Pressure TO Let Conde Leave Guinea
Guinea’s military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow President Alpha Conde, detained since his overthrow on Sept. 5, to leave the country. On Friday Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo paid a one-day visit to Conakry to ask coup[Read More…]
Guinea Junta Come Under ECOWAS Sanctions
Heads of State and Government of the West African regional bloc Ecowas have announced sanctions on the junta in post-coup Guinea which includes travel bans on its leaders, APA can report from Accra on Friday. A communique issued after an extraordinary Summit in the Ghanaian capital on Thursday evening by[Read More…]
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