‘Transition’ Articles

New York and Conakry—Alliance Guinea, an international non-partisan group for justice and democracy in Guinea, celebrates with all Guineans the Supreme Court’s proclamation of definitive results of the presidential run-off election held on November 7. We congratulate both candidates, Alpha Condé and Cellou Dalein Diallo, for their impressive [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]

At the March 5 State Department briefing led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs William Fitzgerald, members of Alliance Guinea joined with a couple dozen representatives of American and US-based Guinean NGOs for an off-the-record discussion on the current situation in Guinea. The general feeling is that the current climate is much [Continue]

We have been invited by the State Department to a the second special briefing for representatives of NGOs on the current situation in Guinea. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, William Fitzgerald, will discuss ways that the United States can help facilitate the establishment of a democratically-elected government, [Continue]

A new transitional government has been formed in Guinea. The Prime Minister Jean Mary Dore and his cabinet members will lead the country through this difficult phase. Soon after the announcement of Mr. Dore’s government (list of ministers available here), President Sekouba Konate published the list of his own cabinet, endowed with important [Continue]