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Guinea

Type: Country

Name: Guinea

population: 7,988,524

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

US worried by SA mercenaries in Guinea

'The United States has received reports of 40 or 50 South African military instructors training militia members in Guinea, including some under the age of 18,' the State Department official told AFP on the condition of anonymity.Witnesses in Guinea told ... [Times Live South Africa - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Guinea, Forecariah (Guinea), Mercenaries

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Offshore Guinea seeps study is encouraging, Hyperdynamics says

November 19,2009 --Preliminary results from an oil seeps study of Hyperdynamics’ 31,000-sq mi (80,290-sq km) oil and gas concession offshore Guinea are encouraging, the company says..... ... [Offshore oil and gas - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Guinea, Concession

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Guinea opposition rejects proposal for unity govt

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Guinea's opposition on Friday rejected a proposal that it join the ruling military junta in a transitional government and said it was considering abandoning mediation talks.The breakdown came amid reports ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Guinea, Burkina Faso, Richard Valdmanis, Lansana Conte, Ouagadougou

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Nigeria Customs Service

Nigeria: Customs Acquire Helicopters to Fight Smuggling

Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service has purchased two Bell Helicopters to fight smugglers in the country, Comptroller General of Customs Alhaji Dikko Abdulai said.The Helicopters would operate aerially to identify smugglers using unapproved routes and report ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: CONTRABAND, Smuggling, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria, Bell Helicopter

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Human Rights Watch

Indonesia must free flag protesters: rights group

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should intervene to free three Papuan protesters sentenced to years in prison for raising a separatist flag, a rights group said Thursday.Roni Ruben Iba, Isak Iba and Piter Iba were sentenced to between two ... [InSing.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, SubVersion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Comment on International wetlands body investigates PNG pollution by Frank Campbell

Maybe Paul is right, but given the record of monster miners in New Guinea (BHP at Ok Tedi, and Freeport in Irian J.) we should expect a disgusting mess before long. If it doesn’t become a disgusting mess, we’ll all be amazed.The real point is that environmental ... [Crikey Media - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Frank Campbell, Pollution, Guinea, Degradation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes

Africa:Winners and Losers In Corruption StakesJohn Allen and Adiel IsmailCape Town — Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new survey published ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Corruption, Botswana, Guinea, Cape Verde, Transparency International

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Market Report -- In Play ()

On The Wires Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI) announces that it will supply its high-speed railway on-ground control product Train Control Centers for the Chengdu-Guanxian High-Speed Railway project, pursuant to a contract signed with China Railway ... [Briefing.com via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Advanced Photonix Inc, RF Micro Devices, Smartphone, China Railway Group Limited

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

The Danger For Ghana In Oil

Although the deleterious effects of oil wealth in such countries as Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are frequently noted, there are a number of other developing countries such as Botswana, Chile and Indonesia that have managed their resource wealth ... [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ghana, Botswana, Guinea, Oxford Analytica, Corruption

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Oil Revenue Challenges Ghana

Entities: Ghana, Botswana, Guinea, Oxford Analytica, Corruption

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents

S.Africans are among Guinea mercenaries - sources

DAKAR, Nov 20 (Reuters) - South Africans are amongst a group of mercenaries working for Guinea's military junta, according to security sources and copies of emails seen by Reuters on Friday.The bulk of them have been sent to the West African nation by ... [Reuters Africa - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Guinea, Mercenaries, Henri Boshoff, Dakar, Military Training

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Nation, 12 Others Rated Yellow Fever-Prone

Lagos The World Health Organisation (WHO), has listed Nigeria and 12 other African countries as having the highest risk of yellow fever.Consequently, WH is to commence a yellow fever vaccination campaign targetted at about 12 million people in Benin, ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: YELLOW FEVER, Benin, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Quotes

"As a result, the Forces Vives delegation has taken the decision to reject the political draft agreement, such as it was submitted, and reserves the right, after consultations with headquarters in Guinea, to decide on its position on the mediation" the group said in a statement

Guinea opposition rejects proposal for unity govt [FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]

"The United States has received reports of 40 or 50 South African military instructors training militia members in Guinea, including some under the age of 18" the State Department official told AFP on the condition of anonymity

US worried by SA mercenaries in Guinea [Times Live South Africa - 11/20/2009]

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US worried by SA mercenaries in Guinea [Times Live South Africa - 11/20/2009]
SA mercenaries 'worry US' [iafrica.com - 11/20/2009]
Comment on International wetlands body investig... [Crikey Media - 11/20/2009]
Palm oil plantations devastate the forests in P... [Tropical Forest Trust - 11/20/2009]
US concerned by reports of training in Guinea [IOL - 11/19/2009]
Africa \| Arms \| The smugglers make their fortunes [Africa Confidential - 11/19/2009]
Guinea's SA trainers: US worried [News24.com - 11/19/2009]
Offshore Guinea seeps study is encouraging, Hyp... [Offshore oil and gas - 11/19/2009]
Dana Cites Successful 3Q Drilling Program in No... [Rigzone - 11/19/2009]
The Battle for Angola's Oil [Foreign Policy In Focus - 11/19/2009]
New Guinea to hold investor update webcast Nov. 23 [Stockwatch - 11/19/2009]
Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Market Report -- In Play () [Briefing.com via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]
Africa-China ties example for South-South coope... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]
Draw for Africa Cup of Nations to be held on Fr... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]
Agricultural Ministry to Tighten Regulations to... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
The Nation, Others to Benefit From WHO Yellow F... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Nation, 12 Others Rated Yellow Fever-Prone [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Hyperdynamics Reports Encouraging Initial Resul... [PR Newswire via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]
Oil Revenue Challenges Ghana [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]
Seven Companies Bid for Petroleum Exploration [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Q&A: Jimmy Carter on Eliminating Malaria [VF Daily - 11/19/2009] Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn in a health clinic in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, October 2009. As President Obama and Congress work to overhaul American ...
Movies: New Moon Casts Spell Over ‘Twi-Hards’ [Wired: Underwire - 11/18/2009] Tweens across the nation are salivating over Chapter 2 in the ongoing Twilight story a year after the vampire romance struck box office gold to the tune of $384 ...
Ways to Wine: From Bottle to Box, Back to Bottle [Treehugger - 11/18/2009] Photo Yealand's Estate.Plastic bottles produce less CO2New Zealand's Yealand's Estate says its Full Circle sauvignon blanc bottles are 89% lighter than 750ml glass ...
A stitch in time will save us from full-scale c... [Times LIVE Blogs - Posts - 11/18/2009] IT went by pretty much un-noticed, perhaps because it contained some very uncomfortable truths, but Transparency International’s report on the world’s most corrupt ...
Somalia most corrupt government, New Zealand th... [Times LIVE Blogs - Posts - 11/18/2009] The world’s most corrupt governments, according to monitoring group Transparency International: 1. Somalia 2. Afghanistan 3. Myanmar T4. Sudan T4. Iraq 6. ...

Audio/Video

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China bets big on Guinea's bauxite - 08 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/08/2009]
Guinea bloodshed condemned [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/29/2009]
'Scores killed' at Guinea protest [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/29/2009]

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