When Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya staged a military coup and detained Guinean President Alpha Condé on September 5, officials in Beijing were not pleased. The small West African country plays a crucial role in China’s...
As the deadly Ebola virus spreads in Western African countries, and as sometimes irrational fears...
The Economist investigates the China International Fund, a shadowy Hong Kong-based syndicate accused of a range of misdeeds. These include corruption, profiteering with African natural resources while breaking the terms of...
Paul Collier, director for the study of African economies at Oxford University, writes in the Independent: For the past few months Guinea has been ruled by a young army captain who led a successful coup. Not that you’d...
Foreign Policy digs out more details about the controversial deal allegedly signed between China and Guinea after troops in Guinea opened fire on non-violent protesters: As the international community threatened sanctions,...
The Times has more details about the controversial mining deal recently signed between Guinea’s pariah military regime and Beijing: China is preparing to throw the junta in Guinea a lifeline in the form of a...
The AP has more on reactions to Guinea’s announcement of a major mining deal with China, just as the military government is being shunned by the rest of the world for the killing of unarmed protesters: “There’s...
The New York Times reports: Guinea’s military government, facing international sanctions and heavy strictures over a mass killing of unarmed demonstrators, is highlighting a recent agreement with a Chinese company that could...
The New York Times reports from Guinea on its shifting relations with China: As global commodity prices have plummeted and several of China’s African partners have stumbled deeper into chaos, China has backed away from some of...
The Chinese government has offered Guinea, the Africa’s lead exporter of bauxite, a new dam and debt relief in exchange for access to Guinea’s mineral reserves. Negotiations are still being conducted. From Reuters: China has agreed to fund the construction of a $1 billion hydroelectric dam in mineral-rich Guinea and renovate a series of state […]
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