Guinea bauxite exports jump 23% in 3rd quarter despite rains, regulatory pressure

Guinea’s bauxite exports surged 23% year-on-year in the third quarter, defying heavy rains and regulatory headwinds, official data showed. Shipments of the critical aluminium feedstock rose to 39.41 million metric tonnes, up from 32 million in Q3...

Guinean FM Hails Historical Ties with Egypt, Seeks Enhanced Co-op

Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 07:35 PM ​Guinean Foreign Minister (FM) Morissanda Kouyaté praised historic relations between the two countries since Guinea's independence in 1958, noting the special status that Egypt enjoys among the various segments of the...

Rio Tinto ramps up Simandou stockpiles to 2 million tons for first shipment

Rio Tinto has stockpiled 2 million metric tons of high-grade iron ore at its Simandou project in Guinea for a mid-November shipment, three sources told Reuters, which would be the first from the mega-mine set to reshape global supplies and...

Guinea’s bauxite exports surged 23% YoY in Q3 2025

Guinea’s bauxite exports surged 23% year-on-year in the third quarter, defying heavy rains and regulatory headwinds, official data showed. Shipments of the critical aluminium feedstock rose to 39.41 million metric tonnes, up from 32 million in Q3...

Guinea plans to build West Africa's largest shipyard: transport minister

CONAKRY, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Guinean government has announced plans to construct the largest shipyard in West Africa in partnership with Chinese companies, Minister of Transport and Government spokesperson Ousmane Gaoual Diallo said Tuesday....

Bauxite exports surge 23% in Q3 despite challenges in Guinea 

Despite seasonal weather disruptions and increased regulatory scrutiny, Guinea’s bauxite exports witnessed a significant 23% year-on-year (YoY) increase in the third quarter of 2025 (Q3 2025). As per the Ministry of Mines and Geology, the...

French Navy Camcopters monitor a record drug intercept in the Gulf of Guinea

The French Navy has seized 9.6 metric tonnes of cocaine, valued at approximately €519 million ($609 million), from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea. Officials in France’s northwestern Atlantic maritime region said two naval ships intercepted...

Nimba Chiefs Look to Guinea for Remedy in Prolonged-erection Case

SANNIQUELLIE, Nimba County — The Nimba County chapter of the National Council of Chiefs and Elders says it has sought help from traditional herbalists in neighboring Guinea to address a case involving a young man reportedly suffering from a...

Liberia: Ambassador Forkpa Gizzie Presents Credentials to Guinean President Dousbouya

Conakry – His Excellency Forkpa Gizzie, Sr., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to the Republic of Guinea, has officially presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellency General Mamadi Doumbouya, President...

Only two countries recorded human cases of guinea worm disease in 2024

Poor nutrition and illness can limit human growth, so long-term improvements in living conditions are often reflected in increases in average height. At the individual level, height depends on many other factors, but genetics plays a particularly...

Guinea circus school offers a springboard for disadvantaged youth

In the heat of a warehouse-like building in Conakry, five young men twirl, contort and juggle to the rhythm of percussions, defying the laws of gravity and distorting the anatomy of their bodies. For several hours each day, they practise at one of...

Souleymane’s Story: a Guinean in Paris seeks the perfect tale to secure asylum in Boris Lojkine’s affecting migration drama

Migration has become a prominent topic in recent cinema as Europe responds to the ongoing migrant crisis. Filmmakers have adopted a range of approaches, from Ai Weiwei’s wide angle in Human Flow (2017) to Amel Alzakout and Khaled Abdulwahed’s...

First Wabtec locomotives for Simandou project arrive in Guinea

Wabtec is building 78 ES43Aci locomotives for Rio Tinto SimFer at its plant in Marhowra, India. SIMFER, the joint venture of the government of Guinea, Rio Tinto, and the Chinalco-led CIOH consortium, has celebrated the arrival of the first four...

Guinea vs Botswana Prediction and Betting Tips | 14th October 2025

Guinea play Botswana on Tuesday in their final qualifying game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in what's essentially a dead rubber. Both sides have been knocked out from the race for next year's showpiece. With 14 points in the bag from nine games, the...

Madagascar's president names civilian PM after military takeo

Madagascar's new head of state has named a civilian prime minister, following a military takeover last week that sent ex-president Andry Rajoelina into exile. Army colonel Michael Randrianirina, who announced last Tuesday that the military had...

Even After Escaping Boko Haram, Women Wrestle with Trauma

Armed Boko Haram militants kidnapped Murna Yusuf, then in her early 30s, in July 2021 as she rode on a bus from Kukar-Gadu, Yobe State, to Maiduguri, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria. The terrorists found Yusuf’s worn Bible as they rifled...

Mnangagwa’s 2030 bid fuels Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis

Zanu PF’s latest move to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in office until 2030 has deepened Zimbabwe’s crisis of constitutionalism and future of democracy while exposing widening rifts within the ruling party. At its 22nd Annual National...

Primatology goes high tech — from bioacoustics to drones & AI

From thermal cameras to deep learning AI, researchers are reinventing how they study primates in the wild. What began with Jane Goodall’s observational notes has evolved into artificial intelligence that identifies chimpanzees and decodes their...

Champions Yo Creek United headline Orange Walk FA Week 2 action with confident 3-0 win over Guinea Grass

Views: 138 Views: 136 Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 6:57 pm CST. Alex Alamilla -right- scored a brace after Liam Reyes -left- scored the opening goal for Yo Creek United as the OWFA champions recorded their first win of the 2025-2026 Opening...

African religious and traditional leaders tasked to promote human rights

It brought together leaders from countries such as Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, Republic of Guinea, Senegal among others on the theme: ‘From Tradition to Transformation: Empowering Religious and Traditional Leaders in Africa for the...