Guinea
Republic of Guinea
République de Guinée
CAPITAL: Conakry
FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of red, yellow, and green vertical stripes.
ANTHEM: Liberté (Liberty).
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Guinea
Guinea is located on the west coast of Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It has turbulent neighbors: Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Gu...
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Guinea
POPULATION 7,775,065MUSLIM 85 percentCHRISTIAN 10 percentOTHER 5 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Republic of Guinea, located in western Africa along the Atlantic Ocean, is border...
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Area: 245,836 sq km (94,918 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 9,603,000Capital:
Conakry
Head of state and government:
President Gen.
Lansana
Conté
, assisted until April 5 by
Prime Minister
Ce...
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Area: 36,125 sq km (13,948 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 1,442,000Capital:
Bissau
Chief of state:
President
João Bernardo
Vieira
Head of government:
Prime Minister
Aristides
Gomes
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Area: 462,840 sq km (178,704 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 6,001,000Capital:
Port Moresby
Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II
, represented by
Governor-General Sir Paulias
Matane
Head of governm...
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Accra (dpa) - Former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday visited
Guinea worm endemic areas in Ghana's Northern Region, calling on
stakeholders and development partners to ...
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At least 64 people were killed in Guinea in the past two days as the West African country imposed martial law, a local human rights group said Wednesday.A union leader who has called for President ...
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The head of the National Assembly said Thursday the legislature plans to extend martial law in the troubled West African country if union leaders and the government do not reach agreement over the ...
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Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in Guinea's capital on Wednesday as street protests spread across the West African country on the eighth day of a general strike aimed at forcing the...
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Amid growing demand in Europe, South American traffickers are moving billions of dollars worth of cocaine through the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, an amount so large it dwarfs all oth...
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The head of Guinea's military relaxed a nationwide curfew Sunday, an indication the government believes the threat of violence following last week's deadly rioting and protests has subsided.The mov...
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The former prime minister of Guinea-Bissau sought asylum at the local U.N. office on Wednesday, three days after he accused the tiny West African nation's president of murder.Guinea-Bissau's interi...
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