20100723
africanews

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The African Union said on Friday that Guinea would send a battalion of troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the first pledge of action at an African summit to be dominated by the Somali crisis.

20100706
AFRICANEWS

Police in Guinea have fired teargas at thousands of people marching against alleged fraud in last month's first round of presidential elections. The protest took place in the capital Conakry on Monday, in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations.

20100705
africanews

CONAKRY (Reuters) - A protest passed off peacefully on Monday, after Guinea's caretaker government banned demonstrations against alleged fraud in the presidential election, now set for a run-off.

20100705
africanews

The presidential election in Guinea will go for a run off after none of the candidates had the standard percentage in the first round on 27 June. The former prime minister, Cellou Dalein Diallo, got 39.72% while veteran opposition leader, Alpha Conde, 20.67%.

20100704
reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's interim president has rewarded the West African country's army with a batch of promotions for keeping the peace during last weekend's election, state television and military sources said late on Saturday.

20100703
reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - The second-placed party in Guinea's presidential vote has said it will challenge some poll results after provisional figures put veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde behind former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo.

20100703
reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea will hold a run-off in its presidential election later this month after former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo won a first round vote but failed to secure a majority, provisional results showed on Friday.

20100702
voanews

Local residents watch as election workers count presidential votes at an outdoor polling station in Conakry, Guinea, 27 Jun 2010. Guinea on Sunday held its first free election since independence more than half a century ago, a vote many hope will finally end decades of harsh military rule and launch a new democratic era.

20100628
allafrica

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended Guinea for the successful staging of presidential elections, widely regarded as the first democratic polls in the West African country since independence more than 50 years ago.

20100627
reuters

Voters in Guinea rushed to the polls on Sunday, forming long queues for their first chance to freely elect their leadership since the coup-prone West African state won independence from France in 1958.

20100627
africanews

Guineans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and reports say turn out was impressive and calm. The election being contested by 24 presidential candidates was the first democratic one since the West African country gained independence.

20100622
voanews

A top official at the Carter Center poll observer team to monitor Guinea’s upcoming election has described as vigorous political campaigning ahead of the scheduled 27th June vote.

20100619
africanews

The United States is funding a $1m programme to train Guinea's presidential guards to ensure that there is a professional, capable, and impartial presidential guard for the newly elected president of Guinea" as it gears up for its first free election in half a century, US embassy spokesperson Brett Bruen said.

The arrest of several army officers in Guinea is not linked to elections due in two weeks' time, the army chief has said.

20100610
Afrol

Alpha Condé, the "eternal opposition leader" of Guinea who is widely believed to have won the 1993 presidential election, is gathering the largest crowds as Guinea's first truly democratic poll has kicked off.