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GUINEA: Mining zones take on AIDS

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:51:18 GMT

Friday, November 28, 2008

CONAKRY Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - With an HIV infection rate of 5.2 per cent, the lucrative mining sector in Guinea is particularly at risk from the epidemic. Some mining companies have begun setting up their own programmes to make up for the lack of HIV/AIDS services on offer. But they say a public-private partnership is essential if local residents are not to be excluded. Guinea has immense resources in bauxite, iron, gold, diamonds and other minerals which, the government says,...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81724

GUINEA: HIV gains overshadowed by dependence on donors

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:21:09 GMT

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Five years ago, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Guinea cost US$100 per patient per month; today, thanks to a large injection of donor cash, ARVs are now freely available in government hospitals. HIV testing services are being rolled out across the country and an estimated 8,000 people are on ARVs. Patients no longer need to travel over 700km to the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to have their CD4 count measured to determine the strength of their...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81660

GUINEA-BISSAU: Coup attempt highlights vulnerability

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:40:57 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

DAKAR Monday, November 24, 2008 (IRIN) - An apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November has underscored the country’s chronic political volatility.In recent years political decay has meant the increasing vulnerability of Guinea-Bissau’s population, who face some of the world’s highest levels of maternal mortality, under-five malnutrition and lack of access to clean water and sanitation, according to the latest UN human development index. Gunfire broke out at President Joao Bernardo...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81628

6 Guinea-Bissau troops arrested in attempted coup

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:51:56 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

Guinea-Bissau's government says six soldiers have been arrested in the West African country a day after armed men attacked the president's home.Interior Ministry spokesman Col. Armando Nhaga says three other suspected coup plotters fled after the gunbattle early Sunday. At least one guard was killed.

Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/24/africa/AF-Guinea-Bissau-Attack.php

Senegal troops for Bissau border

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:03:03 GMT

Monday, November 24, 2008

Senegal is sending troop reinforcements to the border with Guinea-Bissau, after the weekend attack on its President Joao Bernardo Vieira. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has ordered the army to take "all necessary measures" to strengthen the border.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7745354.stm

Guinea-Bissau's president's home under fire

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:20:30 GMT

Sunday, November 23, 2008

A gun attack on the presidential home in Guinea-Bissau has left one person dead and several injured, hours after election results were announced. A BBC West Africa correspondent says the attack appears to have been a failed coup attempt.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7744466.stm

GUINEA: Reputation for corruption worsens

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:09:31 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

CONAKRY Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Guinea fell five spots in the 2008 ranking of perceptions of corruption released by the watchdog non-profit Transparency International (TI). Officials say Guinea’s deteriorating reputation for corruption can threaten city services, choke economic growth and increase drug trafficking. Guinea’s TI representative, Mamadou Taran Diallo, told IRIN Guinea is paralysed in its efforts to wipe out corruption. “Guinea’s rank at 173, tied with Chad and Sudan,...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80575

GUINEA: State of suspended development after 50 years of independence

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:09:31 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

CONAKRY Thursday, October 02, 2008 (IRIN) - As regional leaders gathered in Conakry on 2 October to celebrate Guinea’s 50 years of independence from France, on the other side of the capital, doctors emerging from a ten-day strike said when it comes to healthcare, there is little to celebrate. “There has not been much progress in the health sector in Guinea over the past few decades. Health centres and hospitals still do not have enough equipment or staff. And we experience frequent difficulty...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80717

GUINEA: Mining communities will not let up “despite repression”

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:09:30 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - People living near Guinea’s mining sites are increasingly taking to the streets to protest the lack of basic services like water and electricity in their communities. At least two demonstrators were killed when security forces put down recent protests but residents and civil society leaders say they will not be deterred. “We have had enough of false promises,” Kalil Soumah, a resident of the mining town of Boké, some 300km from the capital Conakry,...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81294

GUINEA: "I don't want to remarry unless I find someone who is HIV positive"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:09:30 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

CONAKRY Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Fatoumata Binta Diallo's husband had been positive for many years when she discovered she was HIV positive in 2001, but he had never told her. Neither had he told his other wives. Diallo, 49, a widow and a mother of six, lives in Conakry, capital of Guinea, and is now President of REGAP+ (network of people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Guinea). She told IRIN/PlusNews her story. "I started getting ill in 2000. As I kept on being ill, in...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81444