The Latest Breaking News from Guinea

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

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.

It was third time lucky for 28-year-old Guinean singer and dancer Queen Rima, who won the 2025 RFI Discovery Prize, a competition open to budding musicians from Africa.

Former Guinea prime minister sentenced to 5 years in prison for corruption and embezzlement of public funds. Concerns raised about crackdown on dissent und...

From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map.

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Guinea were successful. A number of social, economic and political factors have been identified as…

Mamady Doumbouya has led the country since a 2021 coup. Some fear he has no intention of relinquishing power

Life imitates art: Abou Sangaré, a Guinean man living in France who won a prize at the Cannes film festival for playing an undocumented migrant seeking to stay in the country, has been granted a work permit, enabling him to do the same.

Civil society and opposition groups in Guinea are protesting the ruling junta’s missed deadline to launch a return to democracy