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CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The new ruling military junta in Guinea says it will hold talks with foreign envoys to explain its coup and to reassure the international community.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Guinean prime minister said Tuesday that his government is still running the country after the death of the president and an attempted military coup.
CONAKRY, Guinea, May 13 (UPI) -- Six people died in rioting as angry soldiers in Guinea protested low wages and poor housing, it was reported Sunday.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The deaths of 23 people in a recent series of demonstrations in the African nation of Guinea have led to the president declaring martial law.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- President Lansana Conte of Guinea declared a "state of siege" in the country following three days of violent protests that lead to multiple deaths.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- More than 20 people were killed in Guinea Monday as police opened fire on crowds in the most violent day of an anti-president strike, witnesses say.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 3 (UPI) -- A United Nations official has implicated ousted and exiled Liberian leader Chares Taylor in January's coup attempt against the government of Guinea.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Few doubted the president of Guinea would win by a landslide, and just as few believed it was anything but a fraud when the results were announced Friday.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Voters in the west African nation of Guinea stayed away from the polls in droves Sunday leaving incumbent President Lansana Conte expected to win handily.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The government of Guinea is rounding up dozens of soldiers in advance of the country's elections, a U.N. report said Wednesday.