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Guinea takeover highlights how US military training programs are breeding violent coups

On September 5, a group of elite soldiers seized power in Guinea, imprisoning President Alpha Condé, suspending the constitution, declaring…

3 years ago

The coup in tiny Guinea matters at a geopolitical level. The US-China ‘cold war’ is a race for strategic dominance of commodities

The West African nation of Guinea has just experienced a military coup. Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, with an elite segment of…

3 years ago

Guinea’s coup leader pledges to create transitional government, respect business deals

Speaking a day after the coup, Lt. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya pledged a smooth transition period, promising to form a ‘national…

3 years ago

US condemns Guinea coup, hints at sanctions after elite army unit detains president, shuts borders & imposes curfew

“The United States condemns today's events in Conakry,” the US State Department statement said. “These actions could limit the ability…

3 years ago

Heavy gunfire breaks out in Guinea’s capital, president reportedly DETAINED by military in apparent coup

The ongoing unrest broke out in the capital city on Sunday morning. Local media reported that heavy gunfire was coming…

3 years ago

Guinea reports first case of Marburg virus – Ebola’s cousin – in West Africa, as one person dies of highly infectious disease

Health authorities in Guinea confirmed the case on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement. The disease…

3 years ago

Academic paper reveals Hong Kong student protesters were paid to be guinea pigs in bizarre experiment that may have gone wrong

Secreted in the depths of academic journal American Economic Review’s June edition is an absolutely extraordinary research paper, revealing that…

3 years ago

117 employees sue Houston hospital network over vaccination mandate, say they don’t want to be ‘guinea pigs’

Marc Boom, the CEO of Houston Methodist, a firm that runs eight hospitals with more than 26,000 employees, gave personnel…

3 years ago

Death toll rises to 98 after series of blasts at Equatorial Guinea military base

At least four explosions were reported to have struck a military base in the port city of Bata on Sunday, with…

3 years ago

Guinea’s neighbors ‘not ready’ for resurgent Ebola, says WHO, as risk of cross-border transmission ‘very high’ in West Africa

“There are six neighboring countries to Guinea, and we conducted an assessment of readiness. Two of the countries are not…

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