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Guinea (/ˈɡɪni/ ^ⓘ GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).

Formerly French Guinea, it achieved independence in 1958. Guinea has a history of military coups d'état. After decades of authoritarian rule, in 2010 it held its first democratic election. As it continued to hold multi-party elections, the country continued to face ethnic conflicts, corruption, and abuses by military and police. In 2011, the United States government claimed that torture by security forces and abuse of women and children (including female genital mutilation) were ongoing human rights issues. In 2021, a military faction overthrew president Alpha Condé and suspended the constitution.

Muslims represent 90% of the population. The country is divided into four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, the official language of Guinea, is a language of communication in schools, in government administration, and the media. More than 24 indigenous languages are spoken and the largest are Susu, Pular, and Maninka, which dominate respectively in Maritime Guinea, Fouta Djallon, and Upper Guinea, while Guinée forestière is ethnolinguistically diverse. Guinea's economy is mostly dependent on agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second largest producer of bauxite, and has deposits of diamonds and gold. The country was at the core of the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

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Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s. Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire. Domestic air services are intermittent. Conakry International Airport is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe.

Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials. (Full article...)

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... that although the 1954 Guinean by-poll was marred with irregularities, only the communists and the African Democratic Rally voted against validating the results in the French National Assembly?

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... that mining entrepreneur and former model Tigui Camara is the first woman in Guinea to own a mining company, which she partially runs as a social enterprise?
... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence?
... that Salvador Ondo Nkumu read out the sentences of mercenaries involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt?

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Image 1Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 2Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 3Schoolgirls in Conakry (from Guinea)
Image 4Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 5Map of Köppen climate classification (from Guinea)
Image 6Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 7President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states, and in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 8The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 9President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 10The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 11Children engaged in manual labour in order to support their families. (from Guinea)
Image 12A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 13The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 14A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 15U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 16Children engaged in manual labour in order to support their families. (from Guinea)
Image 17President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 18Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 19Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 20Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 21A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 22A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 23Schoolgirls in Conakry (from Guinea)
Image 24U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 25A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 26A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 27Map of Köppen climate classification (from Guinea)
Image 28Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 29President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states, and in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 30Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 31Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 32The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)