Guinea

In parallel with the response to the Covid-19 epidemic and the risk of a new Ebola epidemic, Guinea is also battling a possible Marburg fever epidemic. Guinea's health minister wanted to make sure of the prompt response from his staff as soon as a first case was discovered. A case of this highly contagious disease, with a…

From Labé in Guinea to Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, the patient with the Ebola virus disease traveled 1,500 km in several public transport vehicles. However, the details of the trip still differ depending on the sources. ClaireFages, with our special correspondent in Abidjan,Jean-Luc AploganAugust 8: departure from LabéThe young…

A young Guinean doctor, Dr. Ousmane Touré, originally from Guinea, lost his life in a building collapse after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14. He was a specialist in public health crises and was commissioned by the WHO. as reported from Conakry, Mouctar BahWHO Director - General Tedros Adhanom…

The Ivorian health authorities continue to vaccinate against the Ebola virus. During this vaccination day, the authorities focused on a district in Abdijan in Allahkro where the young Guinean passed before being hospitalized. Allahkro, a slum-like neighborhood, was the focal point of the vaccination campaign. This is where the…

This Guinean activist, also known as Foniké Menguè, is an official of the Tournons la page and the National Front for Defense of the Constitution, FNDC. Oumar Sylla was forcibly arrested on the streets of Conakry in September last year while trying to mobilize citizens for a demonstration against the proposed third term of…

Six French soldiers were arrested at Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to the French military and local media. The six, whom the army said were…

The French army denies and speaks of false information. These allegations come when Vice President Teodorin Obiang Nguema, son of the incumbent president, was finally convicted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by the French judiciary in cases of bad profits for laundering nearly $ 150 million. in France. This Wednesday afternoon, a…

The Turkish Diyanet Foundation (TDV) will soon supply clean water to thousands in the West African country of Guinea thanks to the water wells it has built. The Foundation, linked to Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has already built several water wells in dozens of countries, particularly in Africa. Its latest project will address the problem of access to clean water for Guinea, one of the poorest countries in the world and home to more than 13 million people. The wells, which will serve the…

Guinea's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow announced on Wednesday that his country will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics. According to him, the government wants to "preserve the health of athletes" in the face of "the upsurge in variants of Covid-19". For the first time since 1976, there will be no Guinean athlete at…

Four opposition leaders in Guinea, who have been imprisoned since November 2020, were granted divorce and returned to their homes on Saturday pending trial. They were warmly welcomed there by their relatives. But concerns remain for those who are still being held. Reportage. These Guinean Union Democratic Union officials,…