Alliance Guinea, a non-governmental organization for human rights and democracy in Guinea with more than 1500 members around the world, commends the Guinean people’s largely peaceful presidential run-off elections on November 7. The vast majority of Guineans chose to support their country with dignity by voting peacefully. Thousands of [Continue]
Who do you call if you are in the middle of a polling station and tensions are rising? Who do you turn to when something has gone wrong with the mechanics of a monumental election, threatening your ability to vote? How do you get the word out when all has in fact gone well and [Continue]
Join Alliance Guinea, Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies and key representatives of the Guinean diaspora in the New York area for an evening of commemoration and reflection about September 28 – the day Guinea declared itself independent from the French in 1958 and the day one year ago when hundreds of peaceful [Continue]
The campaign for the presidential election in Guinea scheduled for June 27 officially started Monday, May 17, 2010. In this context Alliance Guinea in partnership with other civil society organizations interested in free and fair elections and the triumph of democracy in Guinea, launched the campaign for democracy in Guinea .The campaign is to [Continue]
“Guinea West Africa has carried the torch of freedom since its independence from the French in 1958. The country has been an example to the rest of the region throughout its history, as it was the first nation of French West Africa to gain its independence. That said, I am deeply concerned about the rising [Continue]
The mediation continues between the Force Vives and the military junta in Guinea under the leadership of Mr. Blaise Campaore. This comes after the European Union, the United Nations, the African Union and the United States have taken important travel sanctions against members of the government. The mediator has asked the Force Vives to draft [Continue]
With a huge showing of women in the lead, an estimated 5000 people from at least 11 states across the east coast and Midwest – Guineans and friends of Guinea – marched in front of the White House and to the US State Department today to increase awareness of the atrocities of September 28 and [Continue]
La communauté Guinéenne aux Etats Unis encore sous le choc du massacre des civils et des viols perpétrés sur des femmes au Stade du 28 Septembre à Conakry, nous a envoyé l'annonce ci-dessous sur la marche de protestation organisée à Washington ce Lundi 26 Octobre 2009. A un moment où la junte cherche à se renforcer petit à petit, tous [Continue]
From today’s White House statement on the October 17 ECOWAS summit: The United States strongly supports the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) decision to impose an arms embargo on Guinea and to work with the African Union to develop a regime of targeted sanctions against individuals. We welcome this action, to address the [Continue]
On this Monday, October 26 there will be a march in Washington DC to raise awareness about the atrocities committed on September 28 in Guinea and to garner continued support for justice, an end to military rule and a transition to a democratically elected civil government in the country. Organized in particular as a women’s [Continue]
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