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Geopolitics

Lauriane Doumbouya, The Mysterious French First Lady Of Guinea Steps Into The Limelight

When Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya was inaugurated three years ago, her presence alongside the coup leader grabbed the public’s attention. And although she has increasingly made public appearances, little is still known about the French police officer turned first lady.

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Ideas

Vaccinating The World Requires More Than Just Doses

It’s imperative that people everywhere also have access to COVID-19 vaccines. But shipping and sharing the vaccine doses is only half the battle.

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In The News

The Latest: Suu Kyi Charged Again, Guinea Ebola Outbreak, Bitcoin’s Record

Welcome to Tuesday, where Myanmar files new charges against Suu Kyi, Guinea reports an Ebola outbreak and bitcoin value is about to cross a major threshold. We also look at a new business booming in China during the pandemic: student ghostwriting. • COVID-19 latest: The World Health Organization has authorized the AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency […]

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On This Day – October 2

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The Painful Lurch Toward The End Of Ebola In Guinea

FORÉCARIAH — Assény Touré’s tightly drawn features bear testament to his harrowing ordeal. In December, after he was diagnosed with Ebola, this taciturn 30-year-old was chased out of the village where he was born, Béta, an hour-drive away from Forécariah, in western Guinea. The virus killed 19 members of his family. He survived. And yet […]

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Geopolitics Society

Twice Victims In Guinea, Where Ebola Survivors Are Ostracized

MACENTA — Just a few months ago, people would queue outside the shop of Jean Segbé Bavogui, 41, a tailor in Banizé, a neighborhood outside the Guinea town of Macenta. But the small workshop is now empty. Bavogui hasn’t seen any clients or received any orders for over a month. Even the well outside his […]

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Geopolitics

Into The Ebola Triangle, As Doctors Risk All To Stop The Spread

A reporter follows international doctors into the heart of the West Africa where Ebola is spreading, from Gueckedou (Guinea), Kailahun (Sierra Leone) and Foya (Liberia).

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Fanged Frog Species Discovered, Eats Other Frogs

GENEVA — A team of German and Swiss zoologists have discovered an imposing new large-fanged frog species in West Africa. The batrachian’s anatomy and genetics are very different from its cousins of the same region, according to the report published in the periodical Frontiers in Zoology. The frog, named Odontobatrachidae, has the notable characteristic of […]

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Eyes on the U.S.

Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser: A Visit With Those Who Know Her Best, In NYC’s French-Speaking African Milieu

The alleged victim is an immigrant from northern Guinea, and her ethnicity is Fulani, who are known as pious, hardworking Muslims

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