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Cellcom enjoys major investment

afrol News, 3 March - An international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent [Emerging Capital Partners (ECP)] on Monday announced a US $20 million investment in Cellcom Telecommunications Limited, mobile telecommunications company with operations in West Africa.

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Politics | Health

Guineans get free malaria drugs

afrol News, 16 November - A new malaria treatment [Curemisinin] is being disseminated free-of-charge in clinics located in the Guinean capital Conakry, Bioponic Phytoceuticals announced.

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Politics | Society | Human rights

'Avoid counter-revolution'

afrol News, 13 November - Guinean authorities have been warned to work for a democratic transition alongside civil society and political parties and get more international help to avoid a counter-revolution in the country.

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Politics | Economy - Development | Society

Guinean editors convicted for defamation

afrol News, 16 August - Two Guinean editors, Thiernodjo Diallo and Abdoul Aziz Camara, had been handed down six-month suspended sentences and fines of US $12,781 each after a magistrate court in the capital Conakry found them guilty of defaming a former Minister of Works, Bahna Sidibe.

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Economy - Development

Guinea on track to restore donor confidence

afrol News, 20 July - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is noting steady progress in the Guinean government's efforts to reform the country's nearly collapsed economy. Prime Minister Lansana Kouyaté seems closer to present a comprehensive poverty fighting policy to the Fund, which should restore donor confidence in Guinea.

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Politics

Guinean leader again defers military talks

afrol News, 15 May - The Guinean President, Lansana Conté, has again deferred talks with mutinous soldiers scheduled to take place on Monday.

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Human rights

Angry Guinean soldiers calm down

afrol News, 12 May - Following President Lansana Conté’s promise to meet them over their unpaid salaries on Saturday, Guinean soldiers have calmed down and returned to the barracks.

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Human rights

Guinea’s right abuses denounced

afrol News, 11 May - A Paris-based medical association, Parcours d’Exil, dedicated to giving medical and psychological care to victims of torture, has denounced the dramatic dwindling of human rights situation in Guinea.

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Politics | Human rights

Death toll on Guinean crisis out

afrol News, 3 May - Guinea’s Information Minister, Justin Morel, has said that 137 people were killed as a result of the violent strikes in the country, far more than unofficial figures. A total of 1,700 people were also wounded.

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Society

Military plane hits Guinea TV

afrol News, 16 April - A Soviet-made Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG-21) Guinean military plane crashed into a building that hosts Guinea’s state broadcasting centre on Monday.

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Politics

Guinea finally names unity cabinet

afrol News, 29 March - At last, Guinea's consensus Premier, Lansana Kouyaté, appointed a new cabinet on Wednesday. Interestingly, the new line-up is without a single minister from the former regime headed by the bed-ridden Guinean President, indicating Mr Kouyaté had great freedom in forming his cabinet.

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PM tells Guineans to "be patient"

afrol News, 28 March - Guineans have started wondering whether their country's consensus Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté, is being pressurised by President Lansana Conté to block the formation of the much-awaited broad-based government, one of the major demands of the strikers earlier this year.

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Science - Education | Politics

Students protests return to fragile Guinea

afrol News / IRIN, 27 March - Tensions continue to run high in Guinea with some 3,000 students taking to the streets on Monday in the town of Labé, 600 kilometres northeast of the capital Conakry, which saw violent clashes between protesters and police during several weeks of anti-government riots earlier this year.

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Politics

Guinea's new Prime Minister preaches peace

afrol News, 1 March - Thursday has become yet another day of joy in the Guinean capital Conakry, where officials presided over the swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté. Mr Kouyaté, a man with several years of diplomatic and administrative experience, was appointed by President Lansana Conté earlier this week.

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Politics | Society

Guinea reaps benefit of peace

afrol News, 27 February - Guineans will soon reap the benefit of peace and stability barely a day after the long-running impasse between the government and unionists was buried. This followed the appointment of a consensus new Prime Minister by President Lansana Conté late yesterday.

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» 26.02.2007 - Guinea unions call off strike
» 23.02.2007 - Guinea MPs reject martial law extension
» 19.02.2007 - Guinea opposition resists negotiation
» 16.02.2007 - Army "terrorising" Guinea civilians
» 14.02.2007 - Guinea lifts curfew but violence persists
» 13.02.2007 - Martial law in Guinea causes more protests
» 12.02.2007 - Guinea still in flames
» 02.02.2007 - Guinea President sets stage for PM
» 29.01.2007 - As strike ends, Guineans hope for reform
» 25.01.2007 - No end to strike in Guinea
» 23.01.2007 - Death toll up in Guinea rebellion
» 22.01.2007 - Guinea confronts strike with fire
» 11.01.2007 - Guinea strike gets broad society support
» 10.01.2007 - Guinea in general strike over graft
» 05.01.2007 - Guinea declares Africa's 1st vulture sanctuary

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