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Memory and mourning as Guinea marks 2009 Conakry stadium massacre

On the anniversary of Guinea’s 2009 stadium massacre, the quest for justice and accountability continues amid the daily realities of military rule and fresh tensions over a controversial referendum.

Radio France Internationale

French navy seizes almost 10 tonnes of cocaine off coast of West Africa

The drugs were discovered on an unflagged fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday, a key transit route for drugs heading to Europe.

Euronews

Guinea voters back new constitution clearing path for junta leader

Four years after the military seized power, voters in a Guinea referendum have resoundingly chosen to implement a new constitution, with 89 percent supporting the charter. This paves the way for elections in the West African country, but also permits General Mamady Doumbouya, its junta leader, to run for president.

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Guineans Approve New Constitution By Wide Margin, Pave Way For Elections

Four years after the military seized power, voters in a Guinea referendum have resoundingly chosen to implement a new constitution, with 89 percent supporting the charter, according to official provisional results announced Tuesday evening.

International Business Times

Guineans vote 'yes' in referendum that could allow leader of country’s junta to run for president

Over 90% of Guineans voted ‘yes’ in a constitutional referendum that could allow the leader of the country’s junta to run for the presidency, according to provisional results announced Monday evening by the electoral body overseeing the vote count

The Independent UK

Guinea votes on new constitution as junta leader eyes presidency

A long-awaited constitutional referendum gets under way in Guinea on Sunday, and is set to test whether the country is moving towards democracy or further entrenching military rule.

Radio France Internationale

Guinea To Vote In Constitutional Referendum Boycotted By Opposition

Four years after the military seized power, Guineans will finally vote Sunday on a new draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also permit the country's junta leader to run for president, in a referendum boycotted by the opposition.

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Junta Accused Of Coveting Power In Crucial Guinea Referendum

Four years after the military seized power, Guineans will finally vote on a new draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also permit the country's junta leader to run for president, in a referendum boycotted by the opposition.

International Business Times

Guinea military rulers suspend three opposition parties before referendum

Move comes as draft constitution is being put to a vote next month, raising fears for democratic transition.

Al Jazeera

Guinea's Junta Suspends Three Main Political Parties

Guinea's junta has suspended three main political parties -- including that of former president Alpha Conde -- for three months, ahead of an electoral campaign for a rewrite of the constitution, according to an order seen by AFP on Saturday.

International Business Times

Guinean workers fearful of mass job losses after mining permits cancelled

Since May 2025, authorities in Conakry have revoked more than 300 mining permits from companies operating across Guinea’s vast mineral sectors, sparking widespread uncertainty among thousands of workers. While the government has stressed its commitment to preserving jobs, anxiety is growing among those now facing redundancy.

Radio France Internationale

A landslide buries homes outside Guinea's capital, killing 11 and injuring 10

Authorities said heavy rains caused a landslide that struck homes in a rural community in Guinea and at least 11 people were dead

The Independent UK

Heavy rains in Guinea capital Conakry cause multiple deaths and destroy homes

At least seven people have died in Conakry due to heavy overnight rain, exposing the city’s vulnerability to extreme weather.

Radio France Internationale

Coups in west Africa have five things in common: knowing what they are is key to defending democracy

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept parts of Africa between 2020 and 2023.

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How Guinea became a gateway for Russian weapons to reach the Sahel

Despite the departure of the Wagner Group from Mali, Russia is continuing to strengthen its military presence in the country through its Africa Corps. Using satellite imagery, shipping logs and eyewitness reports, journalists from RFI have confirmed that Russia is discreetly shipping in large quantities of military equipment via the…

The Independent UK

Guinea's military junta sets up up election body for December vote

Guinea’s military junta has created a new institution that will be responsible for managing elections, including a constitutional referendum in September and the general and presidential elections set for December

The Independent UK

Voices: Global aid cuts are a massive wake-up call. It’s time to give Africa a bigger voice

COMMENT: Change starts with listening – the ‘receiving hand’ of funding is not dumb and has ideas, writes Malado Kaba, the former finance minister of Guinea

International Business Times

ICJ Sides With E.Guinea In Spat With Gabon Over Oil-rich Islands

The top United Nations court on Monday sided with Equatorial Guinea in a decades-long dispute with Gabon over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

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Guinean troops trigger panic in renewed Sierra Leone border standoff

A long-running border dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea has flared again, after a military incident forced villagers to flee and reignited diplomatic tensions between the two West African neighbours.

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‘Kush destroys them’: the Guinean rehab clinic tackling a drug epidemic

Experts say a crisis is under way in Guinea, fuelled by a growing market run by cross-border trafficking syndicates

The Independent UK

Guinea sets a date in September for a key referendum that would launch a return to democracy

Guinea’s military junta has set Sept. 21 as the date for a long-promised referendum on the adoption of a new constitution

Radio France Internationale

Guinea's junta sets September vote on new constitution after missed deadline

Guinea’s military government says a long-promised referendum on a new constitution will take place this September. The vote is seen as a first step towards a return to civilian rule, which the junta had previously promised would happen by the end of 2024.

Radio France Internationale

Outcry in Guinea as ex-military leader Camara pardoned by junta chief

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, has been pardoned for "health reasons" by the West African country's junta head Mamadi Doumbouya. The decision has prompted angry reactions from victims, their families and human rights groups.

The Independent UK

Guinea's former dictator pardoned over the 2009 stadium massacre

Guinea’s ruling junta has pardoned the country’s former dictator, Moussa “Dadis” Camara, who was serving a 20-prison sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre by the military

International Business Times

Guinea Ex-dictator Sentenced For 2009 Massacre Pardoned: Junta

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison over a 2009 massacre, was pardoned Friday for "health reasons" by the West African country's junta head, according to a decree read out on national television.

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