Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Guinea

Clashes Over Fuel Supply After Guinea Depot Blaze

Protesting youths and security forces clashed in Guinea's capital Conakry on Thursday as demonstrators demanded petrol be restored at service stations whose supplies were suspended after a deadly explosion at the country's main fuel depot.

International Business Times

Volunteers, Aid Workers Rally To Help Guinea After Fuel Depot Fire

Foreign rescue and aid workers, along with the UN and volunteers, rallied Tuesday to help victims of the explosion and fire at Guinea's main oil depot on Monday that killed 18 people, injured 212 others and prompted concerns about fuel supplies.

International Business Times

Deadly blast in Guinea’s capital threatens gas shortages across the West African nation

Residents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday struggled with rising costs of transportation after authorities closed gas stations in the aftermath of a major explosion that left several dead, hundreds injured and could disrupt the supply of gas across the West African nation

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Explosion at Guinea fuel depot kills 13 people

An explosion at Guinea's main oil terminal in Conakry has killed 13 people, injuring scores more. The fire has been largely contained, but concerns over fuel shortages have prompted residents to besiege gas stations nearby. Plus, candidates make one last appeal for votes on the campaign trail ahead of Wednesday's…

France 24

A massive fuel depot explosion rocks Guinea's capital, causing casualties and damage

An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left several people dead or injured

The Independent UK

Explosion, Blaze At Guinea Fuel Depot Leave Eight Dead

Eight people have been killed after a powerful explosion at the main fuel depot in Guinea followed by a fire that rocked the centre of the capital Conakry early on Monday.

International Business Times

How to watch AFCON 2023: live stream the tournament around the world

Learn everything you need to know to watch the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, running from January 13 – February 11.

WhatToWatch

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

How to watch 2023 Africa Cup of Nations: live stream all 2024 AFCON matches online from anywhere

With the best teams on the continent set to converge on the Ivory Coast, here's how to watch 2023 African Cup of Nations live streams wherever you are in 2024.

TechRadar

Guinea-Bissau’s president dissolves parliament after last week’s failed coup

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation’s parliament, according to a decree issued on Monday which cited last week's failed coup, further raising concerns about political stability in the country and the entire coup-hit West Africa region.

Radio France Internationale

Near Sfax, refugees scramble after violent clashes with Tunisia police

As police and the national guard scour nearby Al Amra for a missing gun and ammunition, refugees are displaced again.

Al Jazeera

Gunfire erupts in Guinea-Bissau's capital during reported clashes between security forces

Gunfire in Guinea-Bissau’s capital erupted late Thursday night and continued through Friday morning in what local media reported as clashes between security forces

The Independent UK

Guinea to investigate former president Conde for alleged treason

The probe puts more legal pressure on Alpha Conde, already facing allegations of corruption, assassination and torture.

Al Jazeera

Nine dead in Guinea weekend jailbreak raid, ex-dictator recaptured

At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Commando unit jailbreak Ex-Guinean dictator Camara from Conakry prison

Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was on Saturday broken out of prison by a heavily armed commando during an operation that sparked heavy gunfire in the capital Conakry.

Radio France Internationale

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

France 24

Former Guinea dictator Camara escapes from prison in jailbreak, justice minister says

Gunmen stormed the main prison in Guinea's capital early Saturday and freed former dictator Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the country's justice minister said, announcing the closure of the West African nation's borders.

StockNews.com

Is Rio Tinto (RIO) the #1 Industrial Metal Stock to Buy Right Now?

Prominent industrial metal producer Rio Tinto (RIO) expects to bolster its iron ore operations through a massive project in Guinea. Looking at the company’s venture into green minerals, should you invest in RIO now? Let’s look at its financial metrics to know more….

Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #40: The collapse of French influence in West Africa - Georja Calvin-Smith

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the concept of Françafrique and the collapse of French influence in its former colonies. What have been the catalysts for the successive coup d’états in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Gabon over the past three years?

The Independent UK

Guinea’s leader defends coups in Africa and rebuffs the West, saying things must change

The head of the junta in Guinea has defended the recent coups in Africa

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Caixin Global

Baowu Steel Forges Deal to Develop Simandou Iron Ore Mine

State-backed giant will work with a Chinese-backed consortium to develop the northern part of the Guinean mine, the world’s largest untapped deposit of high-grade iron ore

France 24

Who blinks first? France defies Niger coup leaders' ultimatum

After Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso, this time it feels like it's personal. France's president took on all-comers in his annual address on Monday to his ambassadors in Paris: insisting his man in Niamey is staying put, defying an ultimatum from Niger's coup leaders and ruing what Emmanuel Macron sees…

The Conversation

Military coups in Africa: here's what determines a return to civilian rule

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

France 24

Niger coup brings France's complicated relationship with its former colonies into the spotlight

The coup in Niger is the latest in a series of military takeovers in West Africa that have toppled governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. The ensuing political upheaval has caused tensions throughout the region and beyond – most notably with former colonial power France. FRANCE 24 speaks to…

The Independent UK

Some of Niger's neighbors defend the coup there, even hinting at war. It's a warning for Africa

Not everyone is hostile to last week's coup in Niger

The Independent UK

What would ECOWAS’ threat to use force to restore democracy in Niger look like?

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has threatened the use of force in reinstating the president of Niger after was deposed by his military but how the bloc would carry out the threat remains unclear

Al Jazeera

Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger

Niger’s neighbours say any intervention to restore deposed president will be considered a ‘declaration of war’.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

Abdourahamane Tchiani

Simon Speakman Cordall

19 stories

Mamadi Doumbouya

16 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.