The Latest Breaking News from Guinea

Officers say they are closing borders and suspending poll as president and main rival both claim victory

Counting of votes is underway in Guinea-Bissau where a presidential and legislative election took place on Sunday. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is in a tight contest to become the first leader in three decades to win a second consecutive term in the coup-prone West African nation.

Guinea-Bissau heads into its November elections against the backdrop of a deepening crisis of electoral legitimacy across Africa. In recent months, a string of elections has reinforced the perception that incumbency, not competition, remains the standard.

The world's largest mining project, the Simandou project in Guinea, officially launched on November 11.  The event was a historic milestone for the industry, as the $23 billion mine took nearly three decades from discovery to production.

The European Union has given a U.N.-affiliated organization hundreds of millions of dollars to help African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home

The European Union has given a U.N.-affiliated body hundreds of millions of dollars to help thousands of African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home

Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed – often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom groups show these incidents spreading from Burkina Faso to Guinea and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where journalists who refuse to…

Guinea’s junta leader has submitted his bid to run for president in the election scheduled for December 28

Set in Paris, director Boris Lojkine’s latest film follows Souleymane (an astonishing turn from Abou Sangaré), seeking asylum in France as an immigrant from Guinea. Through Souleymane’s eyes, Paris becomes a gritty, unforgiving landscape of danger, fragility and relentless bureaucracy.

A large mural in Conakry has become a new landmark in the city, created by graffiti artist Omar Diaw of the collective Guinea Ghetto Graff.

Street art graffiti is spreading in West Africa. In Guinea’s capital, an artist from Senegal is transforming city walls and public perceptions. Omar Diaw says graffiti was seen as vandalism in Conakry not even a decade ago. He decided to change minds by starting with public awareness murals.