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Guinea

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  • CultureGuineaNigeriaSociety

    Have you seen Dakan, the Guinean queer classic? It changed my life.

    By Dika Ofoma
    May 25, 2022
    In the face of caricatures and erasure, filmmakers must defy the odds to tell authentic stories of queer lives. The first time I saw ...
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  • Supporters of the coup in front the junta's headquarters in September 2021. Credit: Aboubacarkhoraa.
    GuineaPolitics

    Guinea must put justice at the heart of its transition

    By Miriam Frost & Louis Metcalfe
    February 17, 2022
    The September coup was domestically popular. The junta can build on this and send a signal to the region by prioritising accountability. In the ...
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  • The military rolls into Conakry following the coup in Guinea. Credit: Aboubacarkhoraa.
    GuineaPoliticsWest

    ECOWAS in Guinea: Tough on coups, tame on the causes of coups

    By Mathias Hounkpe
    October 14, 2021
    The West African bloc and the African Union are suffering from a credibility problem, but they are not irredeemable. Despite Guinea and Mali both ...
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  • Guinea coup leaders on state television.
    GuineaPoliticsTop story

    Guinea: We must turn this dangerous coup into a chance for renewal

    By Kadiatou Sylla
    September 16, 2021
    A coup was never the solution to the nation’s problems. But with the right pressure, the Guinean people can turn this moment into an ...
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  • Cellou Dalein Diallo, the presidential candidate for the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) on the campaign trail ahead of the Guinea elections. Credit: UFDG.
    GuineaPolitics

    Guinea presidential election: We won and have the receipts to prove it

    By Cellou Dalein Diallo
    October 23, 2020
    Candidate Cellou Diallo claims his party has 12,744 copies of results slips that show he won and calls on the electoral commission to show ...
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  • GuineaPolitics

    Guinea’s elections had a clear winner. But its contest for power isn’t over.

    By Kabinet Fofana and Joschka Philipps
    April 16, 2020
    President Alpha Condé and the ruling party got the results they wanted. What now? The final results from Guinea’s highly contested double ballot on 22 ...
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  • Africa InsidersGuinea

    Africa Insiders: Guinea protests against president’s third-term plan

    By Africa Insiders
    October 24, 2019
    The essentials: Nine protesters were confirmed dead after demonstrations on Monday. Government security forces opened fire on crowds protesting against President Alpha Condé’s attempt ...
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  • The presidents of Benin, Senegal and Guinea in West Africa are all tightening their grip on power in questionable ways. Credit: Presidence Benin/GPE-Heather Shuker/DoC.
    BeninGuineaPoliticsSenegal

    Benin’s unrest reflects a broader worrying trend in West Africa

    By Isabel Linzer
    May 8, 2019
    Across West Africa, several countries’ democratic reputations are under threat. Last week, Benin was propelled into the international spotlight as security forces fired on ...
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  • Credit: EC/ECHO.
    GuineaLiberiaSierra LeoneSociety

    Insiders Insight: Stealing blood from West Africa

    By Africa Insiders
    February 12, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • EconomyGuineaPolitics

    Strike and upheaval: The myth of trickle-down, Guinea edition

    By Joschka Philipps
    February 27, 2017
    The recent nationwide protests in Guinea-Conakry transcended ethnic and regional differences, but also highlighted disconnections between top and bottom in Guinea’s contentious politics. Guinea’s ...
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