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News Guinea: Strengthening Entrepreneurship For Education In Guinea

Published on: Tuesday 09 May 2023
Strengthening Entrepreneurship For Education In Guinea
News source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2023/05/10/strengthening-entrepreneurship-for-education-in-guinea/

Folly Bah Thibault is the new Global Champion for the UN’s Education Fund, Education Cannot Wait. Leveraging her entrepreneurial experience of establishing a school of Guinea provides the launchpad to amplify the attention for girls' education provisions globally.

News Guinea: Unlocking every potential: Papua New Guinea’s drive for an inclusive workforce

Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025
Unlocking every potential: Papua New Guinea’s drive for an inclusive workforce
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/unlocking-every-potential-papua-guinea-093500854.html

Inclusion starts in the classroom — and changes the nation. Watch how GPE’s Education Out Loud supported the Papua New Guinea Education Advocacy Network (PEAN) to drive policy change on inclusive education and employment ensuring that everyone can learn, work, and contribute to the country’s development. Inclusive education and workplaces are creating opportunities for young people to reach their full potential and fuel economic growth in Papua New Guinea.The Papua New Guinea Education Advocacy

News Guinea: Harnessing Gulf of Guinea, $3 trillion coastal economy, $800b energy, oil & gas, maritime opportunities

Published on: Saturday 05 July 2025
Harnessing Gulf of Guinea, $3 trillion coastal economy, $800b energy, oil & gas, maritime opportunities
News source: https://thenationonlineng.net/harnessing-gulf-of-guinea-3-trillion-coastal-economy-800b-energy-oil-gas-maritime-opportunities/

The Gulf of Guinea’s $800bn energy, logistics and maritime investment opportunities come under spotlight at the High-Level Roundtable on $800bn Energy, Oil and Gas, Aviation and Maritime Investment ...

News Guinea: Guinea lifts temporary ban on social media

Published on: Friday 17 April 2026
Guinea lifts temporary ban on social media
News source: https://punchng.com/guinea-lifts-temporary-ban-on-social-media/

Guinea has lifted its temporary social media ban affecting platforms like Facebook and TikTok. Bloggers welcome the news but fear future restrictions.

News Guinea: Social media blackout lifted in Guinea

Published on: Friday 17 April 2026
Social media blackout lifted in Guinea
News source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/04/social-media-blackout-lifted-in-guinea/

A blackout on several social media sites in Guinea, which is ruled by an authoritarian government, was lifted Friday, bloggers and other users in the west African nation said.

News Guinea: Guinea pigs can harbor a hidden health hazard

Published on: Friday 08 September 2017
Guinea pigs can harbor a hidden health hazard
News source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-pigs-hidden-health-hazard-chlamydia-caviae-bacteria/

Been looking for a reason to turn down your child's pleas for a pet Guinea pig? Dutch researchers say the rodents may carry germs tied to serious pneumonia. But three adults in the Netherlands wound ...

News Guinea: Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote

Published on: Sunday 28 December 2025
Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote
News source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20251228-guinea-junta-chief-headed-for-victory-in-presidential-vote

Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from…

News Guinea: 56 people killed in stampede following clashes at a Guinea soccer match, authorities say

Published on: Sunday 01 December 2024
56 people killed in stampede following clashes at a Guinea soccer match, authorities say
News source: https://nypost.com/2024/12/02/sports/56-people-killed-in-stampede-following-clashes-at-a-guinea-soccer-match-authorities-say/

Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea following clashes between fans, Guinea’s government said Monday. Authorities are conducting an ...

News Guinea: Guinea: Opposition offices burned in Kankan

Published on: Monday 18 February 2013
Guinea: Opposition offices burned in Kankan
News source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/545956/guinea-opposition-offices-burned-in-kankan/

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Residents of the provincial city of Kankan say that the offices of an opposition leader were wrecked by government supporters. Kankan inhabitant Boubacar Kourouma said that ...

News Guinea: Guinea releases 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone after border dispute

Published on: Friday 27 February 2026
Guinea releases 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone after border dispute
News source: https://www.aol.com/articles/guinea-releases-16-soldiers-police-003746304.html

Guinea on Friday released 16 soldiers and police officers from neighboring Sierra Leone who were arrested earlier this week in a border dispute, Sierra Leonean authorities said. “All security officers arrested by the Guinean authorities have been safely handed over to Sierra Leone,” Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post. The release followed a visit to Guinea’s capital, Conakry, by a delegation led by Foreign Minister Alhaji Timothy Kabba, the ministry said.

News Guinea: Guinea stadium stampede kills 56 people following clashes at soccer match, authorities say

Published on: Sunday 01 December 2024
Guinea stadium stampede kills 56 people following clashes at soccer match, authorities say
News source: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/02/guinea-stadium-stampede-death-toll-labe-nzerek/

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CONAKRY, Guinea — At least 56 people, including children, have died after fans at a soccer game in Guinea allegedly clashed over a disputed call by the ...

News Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Touts Economy and Reforms at World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2024
Equatorial Guinea Touts Economy and Reforms at World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa
News source: https://www.pulse.ng/articles/equatorial-guinea-touts-economy-and-reforms-at-world-economic-forum-wef-on-africa-2024081406160575541

“The macro-economic indicators for Equatorial Guinea and the wider CEMAC region look very positive thanks to a stable oil price and major fiscal adjustments that have improved our ability to mobilize ...

News Guinea: Guinea-Bissau’s latest coup sparks allegations of a staged takeover. Here’s what to know

Published on: Monday 01 December 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s latest coup sparks allegations of a staged takeover. Here’s what to know
News source: https://apnews.com/article/guinea-bissau-embalo-military-takeover-9e7cfebdbd32430092d97cc291184dbc

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, marking another military takeover in West Africa. The coup followed a contested presidential election where both President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his main opponent claimed victory.

News Guinea: Women sow seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’

Published on: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Women sow seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/women-sow-seeds-restore-forests-in-guinea-the-water-tower-of-west-africa/

For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had left their village to search for gold in Sigiri, a mining area, and their harvest was almost gone, she told Mongabay in a WhatsApp message. That year, Condé collected 20,000 […]

News Guinea: Equatorial Guinea's President marks four decades in power

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Equatorial Guinea's President marks four decades in power
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/01/equatorial-guinea-s-president-marks-four-decades-in-power/

Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema is celebrating 40 years ... President Obiang managed to escape the threats of coup d‘état and worked hard to command powerful security services under his ...

News Guinea: Israeli tycoon ordered to trial over alleged Guinea bribes

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Israeli tycoon ordered to trial over alleged Guinea bribes
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/israeli-tycoon-ordered-to-trial-over-alleged-guinea-bribes/2019/08/12/69b8b740-bd1a-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

GENEVA — Swiss prosecutors say an Israeli billionaire has been ordered to stand trial on corruption and bribery charges allegedly involving a widow of Guinea’s former president. Prosecutors in Geneva ...

News Guinea: Equatorial Guinea include 16-year-old Luis Miguel Nlavo

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Equatorial Guinea include 16-year-old Luis Miguel Nlavo
News source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49329708

Equatorial Guinea are one of 28 nations taking part in a preliminary round of World Cup qualifying for Africa Equatorial Guinea have included 16-year-old striker Luis Miguel Nlavo in their squad for ...

News Guinea: Academic Mamoudou Barry, murdered in France, to be buried in Guinea

Published on: Monday 05 August 2019
Academic Mamoudou Barry, murdered in France, to be buried in Guinea
News source: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/academicmamoudou-barry-murdered-france-buried-114845661.html

The body of Mamoudou Barry, the Guinean legal academic murdered in France last month, will be put to rest on Monday afternoon in his birthplace of Bolaro, Guinea.The memory of Barry was honoured at Sonfonia Public University in Conakry on Sunday, where his body laid in state. Academics, friends, and