EDUCATION-GUINEA: 30,000 Women to Benefit from a Major Literacy Campaign

Some 30,000 women will benefit from a major literacy campaign in Guinea.

RIGHTS-GUINEA: AIDS Orphans Face Frequent Discrimination

Guinea has more than 13,000 children, orphaned by AIDS, who face frequent discrimination, according to a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

POLITICS-GUINEA: Ruling Party Wins Parliamentary Polls

Guinea's ruling party has won the country's parliamentary elections, with 85 seats out of 114.

HEALTH: Pharmacists Vow to Clean Up Guinea of Illicit Drugs

Pharmacists in Guinea have launched a campaign to clean up the West African country of illicit pharmaceutical drugs.

POLITICS-GUINEA: Opposition Parties Rule Out Taking Part in Polls

Guinea's main opposition parties have ruled out taking part in the country's legislative elections scheduled for Jun 30.

POLITICS: Sierra Leonean Liberian Refugees Refuse to Return Home

Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees in Guinea have refused to return home, citing security reasons.

RIGHTS-GUINEA: Fresh Pressure to Combat Child Prostitution

Rights groups have stepped up pressure to combat the growing cases of pedophilia and child prostitution in Guinea.

POLITICS-GUINEA: Calm Returns after Opposition Members Beaten up

Relative calm is returning to Guinea where opposition supporters, who tried to enter Kankan, a city some 600 kilometres east of the capital, Conakry, were beaten up by the army last week.

POLITICS-GUINEA: Quarrel Over President’s Third Term of Office

Opposition parties in Guinea have decided to boycott the Nov 11 referendum, called to determine whether Lansana Conte should be granted a third chance to run for the presidency.

HEALTH: Yellow Fever Resurfaces in Guinea

Yellow fever has resurfaced in Guinea this year.

GUINEA-POLITICS: Possible Third Term for Conte Shakes Up Political Landscape

Followers of President Lansana Conte have proposed constitutional amendments to allow their leader to run for a third term in 2003, drawing fire from the opposition.

ECONOMY-GUINEA: Investor Interest in Minerals Trumps War Jitters

Government officials here are hailing recent foreign investments in the cement industry and the mining sector as proof that the war in southern Guinea is having little effect on the country's attractiveness to investors but opposition politicians and others paint a different picture.

POLITICS-GUINEA: Conakry Refuses Stationing of ECOWAS Troops

Guinean officials have reaffirmed their opposition to the deployment of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) troops on their soil as long as the mandate for the troops is not clearly defined.

RIGHTS-GUINEA: Return of the Death Penalty

Human rights activists here are worried that the government's response to a wave of criminal activity in the country will lead to rights abuses across the state.

POLITICS-WEST AFRICA: Rebel Attacks Threaten Further Destabilisation of Region

The west African sub-region already in turmoil from civil wars could be further destabilised by the resumption in rebel attacks in Guinea, observers say.

POLITICS-GUINEA: Intervention Force Awaited to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe

African leaders are hoping to avert a humanitarian catastrophe by deploying additional military observers at Guinea's border with Sierra Leone and Liberia.