Guinea

Race tightens in Guinea presidential run-off (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Guinea presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the Dixinn neighborhood of Conakry, November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Joseph PenneyReuters - Guinea’s former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo held a small lead on Saturday in the West African state’s presidential election, but results so far showed his rival making…

Rioting hits Guinea towns as ethnic tensions rise (AP)

October 25th, 2010

AP - Members of the Malinke ethnic group rioted in four towns in Guinea, killing one man and leaving Peul-owned stores in ruins as ethnic violence spread from the capital…

Guinea vote delays may stoke ethnic divisions (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Soldiers inspect burned voting materials after a warehouse stocking supplies for rural polling stations caught fire, at a military base in central Conakry, Guinea Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A critical presidential runoff in Guinea has been postponed by at least two weeks, an official said Thursday, the same day that a warehouse full of voting materials caught fire in the capital, developments that may stoke ethnic divisions at the heart of the vote.(AP Photo)AP - Election officials on Thursday confirmed that a critical presidential runoff in Guinea has been postponed by at least two weeks as the warehouse storing voting materials for the…

Doubts growing about Sunday election in Guinea (AP)

September 14th, 2010

AP - Only days before Guinea’s historic presidential runoff election, hundreds of thousands of voting cards have not yet arrived and the trucks needed to transport materials to distant villages…

Violence halts Guinea presidential campaigns (AP)

September 12th, 2010

AP - Presidential campaigns in Guinea have been temporarily suspended after violence between rival campaign supporters left one person dead, a government official said Sunday.

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24 injured in clash between rival Guinea parties (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - At least 24 people were injured when members of Guinea’s rival political parties began throwing rocks at each other following a campaign event Saturday, said a campaign official…

2 Guinea election officials charged with fraud (AP)

September 10th, 2010

AP - The director of planning of Guinea’s election commission says he and the head of the election body have been charged with fraud in a court proceeding that not…

Guinea election to go to second round (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

AP - Electoral officials in junta-ruled Guinea announced late Friday that a runoff vote would be needed to determine who wins the mineral-rich West African nation’s first free election since…

Guinea holds first free election (AP)

June 27th, 2010

Supporters of presidential candidate and longtime opposition leader Alpha Conde parade through the streets in Conakry, Guinea Friday, June 25, 2010. Just half a year ago, Guinea was Africa's latest banana republic, a decrepit nation devoid of hope ruled by an out of control army captain. Today, Guinea is a bastion of liberty on the verge of holding historic elections Sunday that could mark the first free vote this West African nation has ever seen.(AP Photo/Idrissa Soumare)AP - Guinea on Sunday held its first free election since independence more than half a century ago, a vote many hope will finally end decades of harsh military rule…

Equatorial Guinea defends UN prize critics blast (AP)

June 8th, 2010

AP - The president of Equatorial Guinea has issued a rare public statement to defend a UNESCO prize bearing his name that a rights group said Tuesday was merely a…