By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mosaiqueguinee
Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya appointed Ramatoulaye Camara Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Protection by decree. The decision, announced on national television on 26 October 2026, brings the public administration official into government, according to the decree read by Amara Camara, secretary-general of the presidency.
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Aliou Bah is released after nearly 22 months in detention, but his pardon prompts reactions and Guinea has not said where he is.
26 OctIsmaël Condé appointed director of Guinea’s FDSI24 OctDoumbouya defends land reclassification in Simbaya24 OctDoumbouya announces regularisation of two land areas in GuineaGuinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed Ismaël Condé director-general of the Social Development and Indigence Fund by decree read out on 26 October 2026 on national television. He succeeds Lansana Diawara, who is being held in a case involving alleged embezzlement within the institution, according to Guinee360.
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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed new heads to Conakry’s commercial, labour and children’s courts. Kama Makouar Théophile Kouadjo, Alhassane Taran Diallo and Mohamed Bama Camara will respectively head the courts, according to the decree broadcast on 21 October by Radiodiffusion Télévision Guinéenne.
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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed Djiba Diakité chair of the board of Nimba Mining Company for a renewable three-year term. The state-owned company, created after the agreement with Guinea Alumina Corporation was terminated, is tasked with developing bauxite, according to the decree read on national television and reported by Africaguinée.
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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed several dozen magistrates as part of a reshuffle of the Supreme Court, the Conakry and Kankan courts of appeal and the General Inspectorate of Judicial Services. The decree was read on 21 October 2026 on Radiodiffusion Télévision Guinéenne, according to Guinee360.
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Guinea: local officials threatened with prosecution over crimeThe public prosecutor at the Conakry Court of Appeal has threatened neighbourhood and sector chiefs and municipal councils with prosecution if they remain passive in the face of criminal hotspots. Instructions have been sent to prosecutors, with a possible loss of office after conviction, according to Mosaiqueguinee.com.
Nigeria: eight suspected terrorists killed and three hostages freedNigerian forces killed eight suspected terrorists and freed three kidnapped people in operations in Katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara. They also seized an AK-47 rifle, locally made weapons and several motorcycles, according to Captain Tamuno Sinivie, spokesperson for the north-west task force.The week in Africa
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