‘Advocacy’ Articles

The U.S. State Department has called a roundtable on Guinea this Thursday, May 20 in Washington with the highest authority of the department responsible for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson – Alliance Guinea will be there to represent YOU. Share with us below the analyses, questions and suggestions that you have for the [Continue]

Alliance Guinea, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Columbia University’s Graduate School of  Journalism present: Democracy Under Fire: Freedom of Media in Guinea When: Wednesday, May 12, 7-9pm Where: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Stabile Student Center Moderator: Milton Allimadi, Publisher & CEO, Black Star News [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]

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]

On October 15th, two Alliance Guinea members organized a presentation and discussion entitled “Guinea on the Brink” at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. The talk began with an overview of Guinea (demographics, economy, brief history) and then addressed political events beginning with the coup last December and leading to the present. An [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]

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]

Guineans said after movements in January and February 2007, nothing would be as before. Millitaire junta then in power in Guinea did not believe in that hope founded by the people of Guinea after losing several son of the nation during these movements in 2007. Today in Guinea, the new millennium has signed a mature [Continue]

The United States condemns the Guinean military’s brazen and inappropriate use of force against civilians on September 28 . . . We demand the immediate release of opposition leaders and a return to civilian rule as soon as possible, a move that the Guinean people themselves continue to demand. The United States also insists that [Continue]

NY-based members of the Alliance met yesterday to discuss how best Guinean civil society can work together with friends of Guinea across the US to ensure that American political leaders are fully aware of what is going on in Guinea and stand firmly behind the statements of the international community thus far. (See more pictures [Continue]