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Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:11:13 GMT
Leaders Celebrate Centenary of Longtime Unesco Head Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Africa's heads-of-state are joining prominent members of Africa's intelligentsia to mark the 100th birthday of Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow by chronicling his contributions as the first black African to head Unesco and many other...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:15:32 GMT
Warriors Take On Weakened Guinea
[Namibian] COVID-19 has inadvertently aided the Brave Warriors' Africa Cup of Nations finals qualification ambitions by weakening rivals Guinea.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:34:52 GMT
Opponents’ Deaths In Detention
[HRW] Four Suspected Political Opposition Supporters Died Since November

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:02:19 GMT
Deaths in Detention and Prison Sentence for Opposition Members
[AI London] Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave of arrests targeting at least 400 opposition and civil society members across the country following the publication of the presidential ...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:40:47 GMT
Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs Urge Sufficient Amount of Covid-19 Vaccines for African Countries
[Egypt Online] Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs urge sufficient amount of Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:41:06 GMT
Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs Urge Sufficient Amount of Covid-19 Vaccines for African Countries
[Egypt Online] Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs urge sufficient amount of Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:26:34 GMT
1,600 Vaccinated in Guinea Ebola Virus Outbreak but More Jabs Needed - WHO
[UN News] More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in a new outbreak, but more lifesaving jabs will be needed to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:43:55 GMT
Hundreds of People Vaccinated Against Ebola
[RFI] More than 200 people in Guinea have been vaccinated against Ebola, just days after the arrival of some 11,000 doses of the Merck vaccine and just over a week since the West African country declared its first Ebola outbreak since the deadly epid...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:33:28 GMT
Pres. Weah Committed to Rail Project With Guinea
[New Republic] Liberian Foreign Minister Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., has assured Guinean President Alpha Conde of President George M. Weah's commitment to strengthening socio-economic ties with its northern neighbor, through the implementation of ...

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:55:39 GMT
Guinea's Big Break
[allAfrica] Africa has long suffered from underdevelopment, poverty, and disease. While the Americas, Europe, and certain parts of Asia have enjoyed the benefits of industrialization, digital economies, and healthcare, most of the vast continent of A...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:17:10 GMT
Vital Ebola Vaccines Arrive After Dust Storm Delay
[RFI] Health officials are heading directly to Guinea's southeast region on Tuesday, after a special plane with 11,000 doses of Ebola vaccine landed late Monday night.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:19:21 GMT
Questions and Answers on the New Ebola Outbreak
[MSF] On 14 February 2021, the Guinean authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak. As one of the key medical organisations responding in the huge 2014 -- 2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, MSF immediately started mobilizing a team of Ebola-experienced s...

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:34:44 GMT
Why Ebola Is Back in Guinea and Why the Response Must Be Different This Time
[The Conversation Africa] New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date - 28,000 cases were recorded, including 11,000 deaths. It or...

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:24:49 GMT
Why Is Piracy Increasing On the Gulf of Guinea?
[DW] Nowhere on Earth do pirates strike more often than the Gulf of Guinea, where more than 130 sailors were taken hostage last year. The area is more dangerous than the Somali coast. The EU wants to do something about it.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 06:03:58 GMT
Threat of Double Epidemic Worries Guineans As Ebola Vaccines Dispatched
[RFI] Some 11,000 vaccines for the Ebola virus are expected to arrive in Guinea this weekend, as a new outbreak has left five people dead and almost 200 contact cases. The stark reminder of the last West African outbreak comes with added complication...



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