Guinea

Guinea’s ex-dictator, Camara recaptured after jailbreak Guinea’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday. He was recaptured hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed commando,…

The sixth edition of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) came to an end on Friday with an award ceremony in which news agencies from Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea emerged as top winners of the prestigious Grand Prize in…

The junta that overthrew Guinea's president, Alpha Conde, has announced that he is "finally free" and can receive guests. Conde became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010, but army commanders toppled him last year and…

By Matthew Eloyi Vice President Yemi Osinbajo left Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating today on the political…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to maintain the sanctions imposed on Guinea and imposed similar ones against the Mali Transitional Government. The resolution was part of the outcomes of the ECOWAS…

West Africa’s regional bloc has imposed sanctions against the military government in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move on Thursday was agreed at an…

West African foreign ministers will arrive in Guinea on Friday to evaluate the situation after a military coup in the country, Burkina Faso’s foreign minister Alpha Barry said Thursday. The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Ghana,…

A delegation from West Africa’s main political and economic bloc is in Guinea, two days after it suspended the country’s membership in response to a military coup that removed President Alpha Conde. The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso,…

Soldiers who ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde summoned his ministers and top government officials to a meeting on Monday, a day after a coup that drew international condemnation. A spokesman for the army unit told state television…