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Sweet Dreams

This film is available globally except in Russia and Belarus. The carefree dream of a guinea pig sleeping in the safety of his comfortable cage is suddenly interrupted when he wakes up in a strange forest. A sound-and-vision homage to the silent films and cartoon classics of Charlie Chaplin and Chuck Jones, “Sweet Dreams” is…


Communist China’s Grand Strategy for a Small African Country (Part 2)

In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64 percent was…


The Chinese Regime’s Growing Economic Footprint in Guinea: Part 2

News Analysis In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64…


Communist China’s Grand Strategy for a Small African Country

A recent military coup in West Africa has put the Republic of Guinea in the world’s spotlight. While this small country ranks among the world’s poorest, its abundant mineral wealth, including bauxite and iron ore, make it strategically important to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Guinea is only 94,981 square miles in size and is…


Why Beijing Opposes the Coup in Guinea

News Analysis The West African country of Guinea went through a military coup on Sept. 5 when Guinea’s special forces overthrew and detained President Alpha Condé and took over the country’s government. On the following day, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Foreign Ministry said, “China opposes a coup attempt to seize power.”…


Guinean Junta Replaces Provincial Governors After Coup, Media Say

CONAKRY—The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of military provincial governors, Guinean media reported on Tuesday. West African leaders have threatened sanctions over the overthrow of President Alpha Conde, who was serving a controversial third term after first winning election in 2010, and will meet…


Army Colonel on Guinean TV Says Government Dissolved, Borders Shut

CONAKRY, Guinea—A Guinean army colonel seized control of state television Sunday and declared that President Alpha Conde’s government had been dissolved in the West African nation, an announcement that came after hours of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace. The dramatic developments Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a West African coup d’etat. After seizing…


WHO Says Guinea Monitoring 155 Contacts After Confirmed Marburg Case

DAKAR—Health authorities in Guinea are monitoring 155 people who may have been in contact with a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. The Marburg case, which the WHO said was the first in West Africa, was confirmed in Gueckedou…


Guinea Declares End to Ebola Outbreak That Killed 12

CONAKRY—An Ebola outbreak that started in southeast Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. “I solemnly declare the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea,” Health Minister Remy Lamah told a press conference in the capital Conakry,…


Guinea Declares Ebola Epidemic, Neighboring Countries Act

DAKAR, Senegal—Guinea has officially declared it has an Ebola epidemic after at least three people have died and four others have been infected in the West African nation. Neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia have put their citizens on high alert as the three West African nations battled the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak from 2014 to…