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Guinea: Working to Provide Water and Electricity For All
CONAKRY – Guinea faces acute problems in the supply of clean water and electricity to its citizens, slowing the country’s economic development. A major project to address this is now under way, but some Guineans are sceptical of its promises.
Guinea enjoys more rainfall than any other country in West Africa; the country is known as the water tower...
Groups slam Guinea over raids
Conakry – Rights groups denounced Guinea’s government Wednesday as police fanned out across the capital following deadly clashes that overshadowed what had been intended as a day of national reconciliation.
Police raided opposition strongholds in the capital Conakry, arresting dozens, witnesses said.
The crackdown came a day after clashes...
Guinean Maid Fights Back in Global Rape Scandal
First interviews: Ms Diallo spoke to ABC News and Newsweek Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018402/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-hotel-maid-Nafissatou-Diallo-speaks-time.html#ixzz1T5jWDlDM
“Hello? Housekeeping.”
The maid hovered in the suite’s large living room, just inside the entrance. The 32-year-old Guinean, an employee of the...
Ex-bodyguard arrested in the Guinea attempted coup
In this Tuesday, July 19, 2011 photo, ‘De Gaulle,’ center, a bodyguard close to Guinea’s last two military leaders is detained by presidential guards at the home of Guinean President Alpha Conde after shooting broke out nearby for a second time in one day. Guinea’s president narrowly survived an assassination attempt Tuesday...
Guinean military says 37 arrested after attack on presidential residence
At least 37 people have been arrested after the pre-dawn attack on the presidential residence, the military said on Wednesday.
The figure was disclosed for the first time after Guinean Prime Minister Mouhamed Said Fofanah declared without elaborating that “many assailants have been apprehended, have given information.”
The military also...
Guinea’s president unharmed in attack
CONAKRY, Guinea – Guinea’s president narrowly survived an assassination attempt Tuesday after gunmen encircled his home overnight and pounded his bedroom with rockets, throwing into doubt the stability of the country’s first democratically elected government.
President Alpha Conde was sleeping in a different room when the shooting...
Photos of the attack on President Alpha Conde’s residence
Early photos show Blood stains inside Guinea’s President Alpha Conde’s residence in Conakry taken from video July 19, 2011. Guinean authorities arrested a former head of the army on Tuesday after Conde escaped a rocket and gunfire night-time attack on his residence, a police source told Reuters.
Blood stains are seen inside Guinea's...
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