Sources: BBC
A Guinea junta spokesman for leader Mamady Doumbouya says that Doumbouya shrugged off threats of economic sanctions by ECOWAS when confronted with them, saying that "as soldiers, their work is in Guinea and there is nothing to freeze in their accounts." Talks are also ongoing to allow ousted president Alpha Condé to leave Guinea, a petition to which the junta has refused permission. 2021-09-18
Guinea begins a vaccination campaign against Ebola for high-risk people in Gouecke, Nzérékoré Prefecture, as an emergency measure to reduce the spread of the virus that was detected for the first time since 2016. 2021-02-23
The World Health Organization asks six African countries (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia) to be on the alert for possible Ebola outbreaks after Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo reported new cases that signaled a resurgence of the outbreak. 2021-02-16
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
The United States stops giving out visas to high ranking officials of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone for failing to accept deportations. 2017-09-13
Australia issues a blanket ban on issuing visas for residents of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the countries worst affected by the Ebola epidemic. 2014-10-28
The United Nations Children's Fund reports that an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that has so far claimed the lives of 59 victims has spread from southern Guinea to the capital Conakry. 2014-03-23
50 people are killed and 27 injured in eastern Guinea after a lorry they were travelling in crashed. 2012-03-3
Guinea's presidential run-off is scheduled for 19 September. 2010-08-9
Guinea's interim leader, General Sékouba Konaté, proposes a unity government led by a Prime Minister from the opposition. [http:--www.guardian.co.uk-world-2010-jan-07-guinea-unity-government-camara-shooting ("The Guardian")] [http:--www.apanews.net-apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=115089 (African Press Agency)]date=August 2019 2010-01-7