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• HPX Allegedly Refuses to Allow GOL Engage Guinea Before Granting Railway Access
  [FrontPageAfrica] FrontPage Africa has gathered that growing tug-of-war over critical infrastructure is unfolding between the National Investment Commission (NIC) and High-Power Exploration (HPX), which is pressing hard for rail access and reportedly leveraging long-term investors for control. At the center of this high-stakes drama, HPX is not only attempting to secure exclusive transport rights for […]
• N'famady Kouyaté - From Conakry to Cardiff, With Love
  [Afropop] Born and raised in Conakry, Guinea, N'Famady Kouyaté could probably have told you the direction his life would take at a very early age. Being a member of the prestigious Kouyaté family (Afropop listeners can probably name at least three musicians with that surname with ease), he would assume he would be playing an […]
• RIA Renovation Deal Sparks Security Fears Over Ties to Ousted Guinean President
  [Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Liberian Investigator has gathered that the Liberian Government is in advanced talks to award the renovation of Roberts International Airport (RIA) to Turkey's Albayrak Group, a move clouded by controversy over the company's troubling history and alleged ties to ousted Guinean President Alpha Condé.
• Guinean Journalist Habib Marouane Camara Attacked, Abducted By Uniformed Men
  [CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guinean authorities to investigate journalist Habib Marouane Camara's whereabouts and ensure his safety after he was attacked and abducted on Tuesday by men in gendarme uniforms in Conakry, Guinea's capital, according to local witness.
• Kagame Condoles With Guineans After Stadium Stampede Claims Over 50 Lives
  [New Times] President Paul Kagame has conveyed his condolences to his Guinean counterpart and the people of Guinea following the death of at least 56 people from a stampede at a football match in the country'ssecond-largest city, N'Zérékoré, on Sunday.
• Scores Killed In Stadium Stampede
  [allAfrica] Monrovia -- More than 50 were killed in a stampede at a football stadium in Guinea's second-largest city of Nzerekore, according to the BBC. The provisional number of fatalities stating dozens had died was updated as local hospitals report being overwhelmed.
• Rights At Risk As Promised Transition Derails
  [HRW] Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent, Media; Delayed Return to Constitutional Rule
• Six On Trial for Blackmailing Pogba
  [Ghanaian Times] The trial of six men linked to Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba, (31) began yesterday, after being accused of blackmail, attempted extortion of millions of euros and holding the player at gunpoint.
• Guinean National's Extradition Chocks Govt
  [New Republic] The extradition of a Guinean national, Ibrahima Khalil Cherif is said to be chocking the Liberian Government as lawyers representing the legal interest of the country have been finedUS$2,000,00 for contempt of court.