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Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Morissanda Kouyaté recently travelled to New York and Washington for the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign minister made the most of his trip to boost Conakry's ties with a number of Gulf countries and improve its fraught relationship with the Biden administration. [...]

Published on 28/09/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Guinea
Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Sudan
Kuwait falls for appeal of Sudanese coast

Guinea
Doumbouya swells diplomatic ranks around the globe

Guinea
Doumbouya pressures Emirati firm GAC over alumina refinery

African Union, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali
AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Guinea
UN reorganising in Conakry after resident coordinator's departure

Guinea
Guinean diplomats irked by Sidibe Fatoumata Kaba's posting as ambassador to the US

Guinea
In exile in Turkey, Alpha Conde keeps a hand in politics

Central African Republic
Washington and Paris prepare to renew MINUSCA mandate

United States
US diplomat Dana Banks to run US-Africa summit

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Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

West Africa
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