The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted all sanctions imposed on the Republic of Guinea. The lifting of the sanctions is with immediate effect. This follows the successful ...

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was ...

Montevideo, Uruguay — In December, the dust settled on Guinea's first presidential election since the military took control in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya stayed in power after receiving 87 ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. Plans for a controversial U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea ...

Here are key things to know ahead of the Pope’s trip to Equatorial Guinea, which will be part of his 2026 visit to Africa. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo greets members of the Episcopal ...

US-Funded Guinea-Bissau Vaccine Study to Undergo Ethical Review, African Health Officials Say By Jessica Donati and Jennifer Rigby Jan 22 (Reuters) - A Trump-administration-funded study into the ...

The country has seen at least nine attempted and successful coups since independence from Portugal in 1974 Military authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative ...

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned. Public-health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they ...

The government of Ghana has opened talks with the family of Guinea’s first President, Ahmed Sékou Touré, to acquire the home where Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah spent his final years as co-President of ...

The government of Ghana has begun negotiations to acquire the house where Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, lived and worked during his final years in Guinea. According to the Minister of ...

The arrival of the first shipment of high-grade iron ore from Guinea's Simandou deposit at Rizhao Port in Shandong province on Wednesday marks a transformative shift in the global steel industry, ...

Simandou’s mining concession is divided into four blocks. The project is a partnership between Rio Tinto, Chalco Iron Ore Holdings (CIOH), and a Chinalco-led consortium, Winning Consortium Simandou ...