Guinea approves US$336M loan for Labé-Tougué highway

GUINEA – Guinea’s Parliament has approved a €300 million (US$336.45 million) loan agreement to open an agricultural corridor by financing the construction and paving of the Labé-Tougué national road in the country’s north-central region, according to the …

Guinea-Bissau hepatitis B trial: controversial study cancelled after police raid researchers’ offices

Leslie Liang New York, USA A controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial planned in Guinea-Bissau will not proceed, its principal investigator Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer has confirmed, after the country’s government refused to authorise the study. Schaltz- …

Guinea's ex-Constitutional Court president sentenced to seven years in jail

The former president of Guinea's Constitutional Court, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison by an anti-graft court. It convicted him of illicit enrichment, corruption, embezzlement of over $20 million dollars in …

Cats, dogs and guinea pigs looking for homes during National Adoption Week

MBC News file photo The Simcoe and District Humane Society is hitting the road this weekend, hoping to connect some four-legged friends with their forever families. The local shelter has been invited to take part in PetSmart Charities National Adoption …

Papua New Guinea-Australia Telecommunications Partnership – Memorandum of Understanding and Telecommunications Blueprint

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade On 20 October 2026, the Australian and Papua New Guinean Governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Comprehensive Digital, Critical Technology and Telecommunications Partnership. The MoU was signed by …

Fires Char New Guinea

New Guinea, the world's second-largest island, harbors an extraordinary variety of plant life across more than a dozen distinct ecoregions, including seasonally dry savannas, tropical rainforests, and lowland swamp forests. But in September and October …

Bougainville scars acknowledged as Papua New Guinea MPs near big decision

Signs of the deep emotional scars from Bougainville's history have surfaced in Papua New Guinea's parliament as it debates whether to approve independence for the autonomous region. The national parliament has the final say on whether to ratify …

Guinea Jails Former Constitutional Court President for Seven Years

  The former president of Guinea‘s Constitutional Court was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, one of nearly 200 officials from the country’s previous administration targeted by an anti-graft court. A special court convicted Mohamed Lamine …

Quick takes: CDC notes 3rd measles death, FDA OKs hepatitis B treatment, hep B vaccine seized in Guinea-Bissau

Workshop on Guinea marshes to be held Saturday

A program to gather public opinions on the Guinea marshes will be held from 3-6 p.m. Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, 8784 Guinea Road, Bena. The workshop is a Guinea Resilience and Innovation for Tidal Wetlands Project. This is a “long-term effort …