Guinea

FILE - Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 21, 2023. Guinea's military rulers say they have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one. In a video address Monday, Gen. Amara Camara said that daily business would continue as usual under the deputy secretary generals until a new government was formed. The West African nation has been led by a military regime since soldiers ousted President Alpha Conde in 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Guinea’s military dissolves the government without explanation, saying a new one will be appointed

Guinea’s military rulers say they have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one. In a video address Monday night, Gen.

Guinea's Facinet Conte, left, with teammate Ibrahima Diakite celebrate at the end of the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Guinea and Gambia, at the Charles Konan Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Guinea soccer team appeals to fans to ‘celebrate carefully’ following supporter deaths

Senegal's Lamine Camara, center, gestures as he scores his side's second goal past Gambia's goalkeeper Baboucarr Gaye, bottom left, during the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Senegal and Gambia at the Charles Konan Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Senegal starts Africa Cup defense with comfortable 3-0 win over Gambia. Cameroon held 1-1 by Guinea

In this image made from video, residents watch a plume of smoke from a burning oil depot, in Conakry, Guinea, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left several people dead or injured. Guinea’s presidency says the fire broke out at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot shortly after a massive explosion past midnight Sunday. (AP Photo)

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

In this image made from video, residents watch a plume of smoke from a burning oil depot, in Conakry, Guinea, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left several people dead or injured. Guinea’s presidency says the fire broke out at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot shortly after a massive explosion past midnight Sunday. (AP Photo)

At least 13 dead, 178 injured after a massive fuel depot explosion in Guinea’s capital

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14 migrants arrested in repatriation center in unrest spurred by death of young African migrant

Rome police have arrested 14 migrants from nine countries for alleged involvement in unrest in a repatriation center following the death of a migrant from the African nation of Guinea.

Former Guinea dictator Moussa ‘Dadis’ Camara back in jail after gunmen stormed prison, lawyer says

A lawyer for Guinea’s former strongman leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara says he is back in jail after authorities said earlier in the day that he had escaped.

Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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. He says they’re as an attempt by him and other soldiers to save their countries from leaders whose “broken promises” and prolonged stays in power are stifling development.

FILE - Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz arrives to a courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 29, 2022. A Geneva appeals court on Tuesday April 4, 2023 upheld the conviction of Steinmetz for corrupting foreign officials, in connection with lucrative mining rights in the West African country of Guinea. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

Geneva appeals court upholds conviction of Israeli tycoon

A Geneva appeals court has upheld the conviction of Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz for corrupting foreign officials.

Guinea, Ivory Coast repatriating citizens from Tunisia

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The West African nations of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating citizens who want to leave Tunisia after the country’s increasingly authoritarian leader called for a crackdown on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

Witnesses begin testifying in Guinea stadium massacre trial

Witnesses and victims’ relatives have begun giving testimony as Guinea’s stadium massacre trial enters its second phase.

FILE - General view of match ball before the Six Nations rugby union international between Wales and France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Feb. 22, 2020. The United Rugby Championship has on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022 asked Benetton Treviso to take “meaningful action” after a Black player at the Italian club received a rotten banana as a holiday gift. Cherif Traore described the anonymous gift from a Secret Santa event as an “offensive gesture” that later prompted apologies from teammates. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Italy rugby investigates racist gift, club suspends a player

DUBLIN (AP) — Italy’s rugby federation opened an investigation Thursday after a Black player at Benetton Treviso was given a rotten banana as a holiday gift.

Italy rugby player reveals racially ‘offensive’ holiday gift

TREVISO, Italy (AP) — Italy rugby player Cherif Traore has received apologies from his Benetton Treviso teammates after he revealed that he was given a rotten banana during a Secret Santa exchange.

FILE- Former Guinea military coup leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara takes part in independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea, Oct. 2, 2009. Camara took the stand for the first time Monday Dec. 12, 2022 to testify for his role in a stadium massacre by the military that left at least 157 people dead and dozens of women raped 13 years ago. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

Guinea’s ex-junta leader testifies about stadium massacre

Guinea’s former junta leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara took the stand for the first time Monday to testify about his role in a stadium massacre by the military 13 years ago in which at least 157 people were killed and dozens of women raped.

Denmark: Nigerian pirate found guilty but not imprisoned

A 31-year-old Nigerian man who was injured during a gunfight last year with Danish troops on an anti-piracy mission off West Africa has been found guilty of endangering others by a Denmark court.

UN welcomes Gulf of Guinea piracy drop, but sees new threat

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior United Nations official on Tuesday welcomed a substantial decrease in piracy incidents this year in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s top hot spot for such attacks, but warned that pirate groups may be moving into more lucrative maritime crimes.

FILE - Guinea's junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya watches over an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. The government led by Guinea's coup leader reached an agreement late Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 with West African regional mediators on a schedule for holding new elections a little over two years from now. (AP Photo, File)

Guinea junta agrees with bloc to hold vote in early 2025

West African regional mediators have reached a deal with Guinea’s military leader to organize new elections by January 2025.

A medical attendant disinfects the rubber boots of a medical officer before leaving the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria, underscoring the pitfalls health workers face in their response. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region.

FILE - Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The African soccer confederation announced late Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 that it has removed Guinea as host of the 2025 African Cup of Nations because of inadequate infrastructure, the latest in a series of switches and delays for the continental championship over the last 10 years. It was announced after Motsepe traveled to the country to meet with the head of the military junta in Guinea who took power in a coup in 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Guinea removed as host of 2025 African Cup in latest switch

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The African soccer confederation has removed Guinea as host of the 2025 African Cup of Nations because of inadequate infrastructure, the latest in a series of switches and delays for the continental championship over the last 10 years.

Guinea opens trial over 2009 army massacre of protesters

Authorities in Guinea have opened the trial of the alleged perpetrators of a 2009 stadium massacre by the country’s military that left at least 157 protesters dead.

President of Burkina Faso Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Burkina Faso coup-leader defends his military takeover to UN

Burkina Faso’s coup leader-turned-president defended his military takeover on Friday, though he acknowledged it was “perhaps reprehensible” and inconsistent with the United Nations’ values.

Guinea sets trial date 13 years after 2009 stadium massacre

Guinea’s justice minister says a trial date has been set nearly 13 years after a stadium massacre killed at least 157 people in the West African nation.

Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, left, with his lawyer Daniel Kinzer arrives to a courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Steinmetz returns to a Geneva courthouse on Monday to appeal his conviction on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and forging documents, a case linked to his firm's bid to reap lavish iron ore resources in the west African country of Guinea. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Israeli tycoon appeals corruption conviction in Swiss court

Lawyers for Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz have urged an appeals court to throw out testimony from a former first lady of Guinea that contributed to his conviction for corruption.

West Africa leaders lift sanctions on 2 junta-led neighbors

West African leaders attending a regional summit have agreed to lift sanctions on two neighbors led by military governments that are now promising a return to democratic rule.

West African leaders put off further post-coup sanctions

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African heads of state put off further punishing the leaders of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso at a regional summit Saturday, as coup leaders in all three countries continue to insist that it will take years before new elections can be held.

Protester killed in Guinea’s first anti-junta demonstration

Opposition leaders say one person was killed in Guinea’s capital during protests against fuel price hikes.

UN condemns piracy in world’s hotspot -- the Gulf of Guinea

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday strongly condemning piracy, armed robbery and hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s top hotspot for attacks on shipping and seafarers.

Guinea prosecutor orders trial against ex-President Conde

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea authorities say they will prosecute former President Alpha Conde and 26 of his officials for violence surrounding his bid for a controversial third term in office.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Salah’s Egypt draws Keita’s Guinea in African Cup qualifying

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mohamed Salah is set to face Liverpool teammate Naby Keita in qualifying for next year’s African Cup of Nations after Egypt was drawn in the same group as Guinea on Tuesday.

Ghana Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, right, speaks with ECOWAS president, Jean Claude Kassi Brou during the fifth extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, Friday March 25, 2022. West African leaders held another summit on Mali after imposing regional sanctions in January on the country after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election in February. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

West African leaders make demands after coups in the region

West African leaders on Friday said they would uphold the regional sanctions imposed on Mali in January after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election in February.

FILE - Guinea's Junta President Col. Mamady Doumbouya, leaves a meeting with an ECOWAS delegation in Conakry, Guinea, Sept. 10, 2021. West Africa is grappling with a wave of military coups over the past 18 months that has some wondering which country could be next. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

West Africa grapples with new wave of military coups

West Africa is grappling with a wave of military coups over the past 18 months that has some wondering which country could be next.

ECOWAS asks Burkina Faso junta for election date proposal

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African regional leaders refrained Thursday from imposing sanctions against the new military junta in Burkina Faso, instead calling on the new rulers propose a firm date for returning the country to democratic rule.

FILE - People take to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Jan. 25, 2022 to rally in support of the new military junta that ousted democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and seized control of the country. Officials from the European Union and five countries of the north African Sahel region are meeting as the bloc readies to impose sanctions on Mali and as political turmoil roils Burkina Faso. The meeting Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 brings together EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and foreign ministers from Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, file)

African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup last week

The African Union has announced in a tweet that it has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country.

W. African regional bloc suspends Burkina Faso after coup

West Africa’s regional bloc has suspended Burkina Faso’s membership in the aftermath of this week’s military coup.

Egypt's goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal dives as he fails to stop a penalty kick form Ivory Coast's Nicolas Pepe, for the African Cup of Nations 2022 round of 16 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Egypt at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Egypt beat Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Egypt, Eq. Guinea win shootouts to make African Cup quarters

DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Mohamed Salah buried the decisive penalty as Egypt beat Ivory Coast 5-4 in a shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday.