By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africatopsports
Mamady Doumbouya was elected president of the Guinean Football Federation for a four-year term, receiving 21 of the 52 votes cast. The vote marks a change at the head of the governing body, according to Africatopsports.
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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 FDSI
26 OctDoumbouya appoints Fana Soumah and Ramatoulaye Camara as ministers24 OctDoumbouya defends land reclassification in SimbayaGuinea’s Sports Minister Cellou Baldé has urged the 53 statutory members of the Guinean Football Federation to end the institutional crises that have affected the body over the past decade. Speaking at its elective congress, he presented the vote as an opportunity to restore stability and credibility to national football, Visionguinee reports.
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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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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya appoints Djiba Diakité chairman of the board of Nimba Mining Company for a renewable three-year term. The state-owned company, created after the Guinea Alumina Corporation agreement 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 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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WHO urges states to step up Ebola vigilanceThe World Health Organization is calling on states to step up vigilance over the spread of Ebola, as cases are reported in the DR Congo, Nigeria and Kenya. Guinee360 presents the warning as a preparedness issue for Guinea, without reporting any cases in the country.
Mohamed Sarr advises Nicolas Jackson to stay two or three seasonsFormer Senegal international Mohamed Adama Sarr advises Nicolas Jackson to remain for another two or three seasons at Aston Villa, where the striker is scoring regularly in the Champions League and Premier League. Sarr says his confidence and place in the team explain this success, while discussing his chances of finishing as the league’s top scorer, according to Africafoot.The week in Africa
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