Sources: BBC
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
The African Union suspends Guinea in response to last week's military coup. 2021-09-10
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
Ivory Coast reports its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus since 1994 in an isolated case of an 18-year-old girl who travelled from Guinea and is currently hospitalized in Abidjan. 2021-08-14
Guinea declares a new Ebola epidemic after three people died and four others became ill in the country’s southeast. 2021-02-14
Gunmen attack a military base in Kindia, Guinea, about 85 km outside of the capital Conakry, killing the camp's commander, according to a statement released by the defence ministry. A prison in the city is also attacked, wounding an official and allowing several inmates to escape. The attacks come two days before the general elections. 2020-10-16
A stampede at a concert in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to mark the end of Ramadan results in at least 24 deaths with dozens more injured. 2014-07-29
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
At least three army recruits are killed in a riot at a military training camp in Kissidougou, southern Guinea. 2011-03-10
The head of Guinea's electoral commission who was convicted for electoral fraud, Ben Sekou Sylla, dies, ahead of a presidential run-off on Sunday. 2010-09-14