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June 07
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Guinea: Guineans Flee Conakry Unrest, Ethnic Tension
Guinea's political violence is hitting residents of the capital Conakry increasingly hard, with some families forced to flee their homes and others relocating for fear of... Read more »
March 08
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Guinea: Violence Mars Political Progress
Two months ago Guinea was abuzz with talk of a newly launched electoral commission amid signs that the country, without a parliament for five years, was finally moving towards a... Read more »
December 31, 2012
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West Africa: Cholera - Lessons Learned
The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera. Read more »
December 18, 2012
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Africa: New Cholera Strain Poses Prevention Challenges
The cholera that struck more than 7,000 people in Guinea this year was caused by a new generation of cholera strains - atypical variants of vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor,... Read more »
December 10, 2012
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West Africa: Pirates Threaten Region's Shipping
In July last year President Boni Yayi of Benin sent a worried letter to the UN secretary-general. His country was being threatened by the activities of pirates, who were scaring... Read more »
October 19, 2012
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Guinea: Strike Threats Mar Debt Deal
Trade union leaders in Guinea are contemplating a general strike over salary demands and other grievances, after the government proposed a raise for civil servants far lower than... Read more »
October 01, 2012
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Guinea: 'Fear Has Switched Sides'
Three years after a stadium massacre in the Guinean capital Conakry in which hundreds of people were killed, injured and raped during a military crackdown on a rally to protest... Read more »
September 28, 2012
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Guinea: Massacre Survivors Defy Death Threats
One after the other, women visiting their sick friend Aïssatou Baïlo Diallo, a 42-year-old teacher in Guinea's capital Conakry, are overcome with emotion and leave her... Read more »
September 24, 2012
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Sierra Leone: Guinea-Sierra Leone - Cholera Outbreak Easing
The cholera outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone that has killed 392 people and infected more than 25,000 others since February is slowing down, say aid groups who also call for... Read more »
September 13, 2012
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Guinea: Conakry Residents Demand Cholera Vaccine
With Guinea facing its gravest cholera outbreak since 2007, some residents of the capital Conakry are clamouring to be vaccinated. Read more »
September 07, 2012
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Guinea: The Missing Parliament
Guineans are hopeful that the 5 September resignation of the electoral commission president - one of the opposition's principal demands - will break a political impasse and move... Read more »
September 03, 2012
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Guinea: Breastfeeding Versus Old Wives Tales
Countless babies in Guinea are not given their first breast milk for hours - however long it takes a designated family member to bring water that is used to rinse special Koranic... Read more »
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Guinea: Between Baby and Breast Milk
Countless babies in Guinea are not given their first breast milk for hours - however long it takes a designated family member to bring water that is used to rinse special Koranic... Read more »
August 31, 2012
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Sierra Leone: Guinea-Sierra Leone - Cholera - Rising With the Downpours
Heavy rainfall is accelerating the spread of cholera in Sierra Leone and Guinea, where existing health risks such as poor hygiene practices, unsafe water sources and improper waste... Read more »
August 29, 2012
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Guinea: Deadlock Over Parliamentary Elections
Political battles have intensified in Guinea after the government thwarted an opposition rally to demand free parliamentary elections, raising fears that a return to stability and... Read more »
February 14, 2012
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Guinea: Prosecution of Army Officer Makes Waves [analysis]
"This simply doesn't happen in Guinea," a civilian in the capital, Conakry, said of the 8th October decision by judges to charge a top army official for alleged involvement in... Read more »
January 04, 2012
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West Africa: Thousands of Children Trafficked, Says Report
A new report on child migration in West Africa says thousands of children are being sold, exchanged or transported out of their communities each year in violation of... Read more »
December 12, 2011
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Guinea: Evading the Cholera Epidemic
With just two cholera cases reported in 2011 Guinea escaped a West and Central Africa-wide cholera epidemic that infected 85,000 people and killed 2,500 in the first ten months of... Read more »
December 06, 2011
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Guinea: Ethnic Tensions Likely to Delay Elections
Politics remain ethnically divisive in Guinea a year after violent clashes marred a bitterly divided Presidential election. Read more »
November 11, 2011
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Guinea: Free Childbirth Unsustainable, Say Critics
Mortality rates in Guinea have dropped significantly over the past two decades, but efforts to speed up progress on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce maternal... Read more »
October 10, 2011
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Guinea: Worst Forms of Child Labour Still Widespread
The law does not necessarily make much difference when it comes to child labour: In Guinea and Mauritania the worst forms of child labour persist despite it being banned by law,... Read more »
August 01, 2011
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Cote d'Ivoire: Brotherhood of Protectors or Assailants?
On the 76km stretch of road between Man and Duékoué in western Côte d'Ivoire are several makeshift stalls where men in traditional hand-woven clothes, carrying... Read more »
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