Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city,it serves as the economic,financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973.
Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea,serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touréwas among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He would later die in the United States in 1984.
Horoya Athletic Club,also known as Horoya Conakry or H.A.C.,is a Guinean professional football club based in Conakry,Guinea. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Pro,the top tier in the Guinean football league system. It was founded in 1975.
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana is a Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea between 21 May 2018 and 5 September 2021.
Mamadou Sylla is a Guinean politician and business leader.
Camp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro (1960–1984) is a defunct Guinean concentration camp within Conakry city. During the regime of President Ahmed Sékou Touré,thousands of political opponents were imprisoned at the camp. It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the camp. According to other estimates,the number of victims was ten times higher:50,000.
The Ignace Deen Hospital is a hospital in Conakry,Guinea built during the colonial era. The hospital is situated next to the National Museum.
The Guinea National Library is the national library of Guinea,located in the capital city of Conakry.
Paul Jean François Cousturier was governor of French Guinea,2 November 1900 to 28 September 1904. After his retirement,he became a well-known botanist.
Hadja MakaléCamara is a Guinean lawyer,diplomat and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea from 4 January 2016 to 2017.
Mafory Bangoura, or Hadja Aissatou Mafory Bangoura was an activist for an independent Guinea,and post-independence a politician holding the post of Minister for Social Affairs in the 1970s. Known as the 'Women's President of Guinea',her portrait featured on the one syli banknote,issued in 1981.
First lady of Guinea is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Guinea. The country's present first lady is Lauriane Doumbouya,wife of interim President Mamady Doumbouya,who had held the position since the 2021 Guinean coup d'etat on September 5,2021. There has been no first gentleman of Guinea to date.
Hadja Idrissa Bah, also Hadja Idy is a child's rights and women's rights activist from Guinea,who was elected President of the Guinean Children's Parliament in 2016. She has advised President Emmanuel Macron on women's issues.
On 5 September 2021,President of Guinea Alpha Condéwas captured by the country's armed forces in a coup d'état after gunfire in the capital,Conakry. Special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya released a broadcast on state television announcing the dissolution of the constitution and government.
Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is a Guinean mining company. Since 1963 it has extracted bauxite from the notable mine in Sangarédi,in BokéRegion in Guinea. It is 49% owned by the Guinean State,with the remainder owned by the BokéInvestment Company,a 100%-owned subsidiary of Halco Mining,a consortium opened in 1962 by Harvey Aluminum Company to run mining operations in Guinea. Halco's stock is owned by Alcoa (45%),Rio Tinto Alcan (45%) and Dadco Investments (10%).
Diaka Camara is a Guinean producer,journalist,animator and entrepreneur. She leads CBC Worldwide COM &PROD which produces ''Le Mannequin'',the first TV-Reality show in francophone West Africa.
Aminata Touré was a Guinean politician. She served as mayor of Kaloum from 2018 until her death in 2022.
Fatoumata Yarie Soumah is a Guinean politician. She is a former Minister of Justice.
The Ministry of Transport is a Guinean government ministry whose current minister is Felix Lamah. The ministry is in charge of creating,developing,executing,and overseeing government policy in the area of Transport and Meteorology.
The Autonomous Port of Conakry is a bauxite exporting and container port in the city of Conakry,Guinea. It was ranked first port of West Africa in 2021 by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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