Sources: BBC
Mexico’s immigration agency detains two buses carrying 102 migrants in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The majority of the migrants came from the West African nations of Senegal and Guinea, as well as six from Djibouti, two from Congo and one from Mauritania. 2023-12-12
Italian rugby union team Benetton Treviso suspends an unnamed player following an investigation by the Italian public prosecutor's office on racist behavior exhibited during a Secret Santa team event involving Guinea-born player Cherif Traorè, in which the suspended player reportedly gifted Traorè a rotten banana. 2022-12-22
ECOWAS confirms that Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years. 2022-10-23
The military junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya announces an indefinite nightly curfew in the country, and says that Guinea's governors will be replaced by regional commanders of the military. The junta also refuses to issue a timeline for the release of deposed President Alpha Condé, saying that the former leader still has "access to medical care and his doctors". 2021-09-6
Heavy gunfire is heard in Conakry, Guinea, as soldiers seal off and block the main bridge connecting to the Kaloum neighborhood, which houses the Presidential Palace. President Alpha Condé is arrested and taken away by special forces soldiers but appears to be unharmed. Three soldiers are reportedly killed. 2021-09-5
A landslide at a clandestine gold mine in Siguiri, Guinea, kills at least fifteen miners. 2021-05-9
Guinea's health ministry reports the country's first deaths from the Ebola virus disease since the 2013–2016 epidemic. 2021-02-13
Despite violent protests, boycotts from the political opposition and fears about potential coronavirus infections, legislative elections are held in Guinea next to a controversial referendum. 2020-03-22
Former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea. 2017-01-21
A state of emergency is declared in Guinea after post election violence. 2010-11-17