A Guinean court has filed charges against an army colonel for his alleged role in mass rapes and killings after security forces opened fire on protesters in 2009.
One person was killed and two people were injured after gunmen attacked Guinean President Alpha Conde's residence, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
The loser and the winner of Guinea's disputed presidential runoff election have both filed court complaints alleging fraud, party officials told CNN on Saturday.
After three days of violence throughout the country that killed at least nine people, injured dozens more and pushed the ruling military junta to declare a national state of emergency, calm returned to Guinea on Thursday.
Authorities in the West African nation of Guinea have declared a state of emergency amid post-election violence that has killed at least nine people, the government said Wednesday on national radio.
Alpha Conde said Monday in a speech to supporters at his home that his victory in last week's presidential runoff will result in "a new era" for Guinea.
Guinean voters have been told to wait a few more days for the first freely elected president in the country's 52-year history, amid mounting allegations of fraud from both parties.
Guineans voted in a tense yet historic presidential poll on Sunday, what should be the nation's first free and fair presidential election in its 52-year history.
Violence and voter intimidation in Guinea's eastern region has forced the displacement of thousands of ethnic Peul who support presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo, according to an official for the Red Cross in Guinea and local officials of Diallo's party.
Guinea once again has postponed the second round of voting in its presidential election, the new head of the West African country's National Independent Electoral Commission announced Friday.
Amid street clashes that left two dead Tuesday, Guinea has replaced the controversial electoral commission head and reaffirmed its commitment to Sunday's scheduled presidential runoff election.
The latest date for Guinea's much-delayed second round presidential election is again in doubt because of an internal dispute within the election organizing body, the favored candidate, Cellou Dalein Diallo told CNN on Friday in the nation's seaside capital, Conakry.
Guinea's police and supporters of favored presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo fought in Conakry on Monday, according to eyewitnesses and a senior politician for Diallo's party.
Guinea has proposed a new presidential runoff election date of October 10, a top electoral commission official told CNN Wednesday.
Guinea's presidential runoff election -- scheduled for Sunday -- hangs in the balance of a major political meeting Wednesday after the death of the head of the national electoral commission and weekend violence that reportedly killed at least one person.
Guinea has temporarily suspended campaigning for its first-ever democratic presidential election after weekend violence reportedly left one person dead and dozens injured.
A special council of ministers in Guinea will meet with two presidential candidates Monday, a day after the government suspended all campaign activity for the country's first presidential election.
Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the West African nation of Guinea, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy, an official said.
Amid international condemnation after security forces reportedly attacked demonstrators at a peaceful rally, reportedly killing nearly 160 people, the Guinean government said Tuesday most of the victims were crushed in the crowd.
The West African country of Guinea, reeling after the death of President Lansana Conte, is staring at the prospect of widespread political instability amid an apparent coup.
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