Parts of Guinea’s capital have been on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups in the West African nation protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline to launch a return to democracy.

The Forces Vives de Guinée coalition group, which includes the country's main opposition parties, called for its members to withdraw from the National Transitional Council in a statement late Wednesday. The council has served as the parliament since the military took power two years ago.

Guinea's main opposition coalition, Forces Vives de Guinée, calls for withdrawal from the National Transitional Council as the ruling junta fails to meet the democratic transition deadline. Despite promises of a constitutional referendum,

Guinea's authorities impounded the vehicle on Monday and detained its occupants, suspecting them of trafficking drugs.

PREDICTIVE Discovery, a Sydney-listed gold exploration firm, said on Monday its Bankan project in Guinea had received environmental permitting. Company MD Andrew Pardey said in an announcement that the approval of an Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was “a critical step in the granting of all the necessary permits required to build Bankan into

Guinea's junta-led government on Thursday demanded the suspension of all political movements it deemed "without authorisation", as the country's military leaders hinted at possible elections this year.

A Guinean court on Tuesday handed an opposition figure two years in prison for "insulting and defaming" the head of the ruling junta, prompting condemnation from the opposition and Amnesty International.

The main opposition coalition in Guinea has called for its members to withdraw from the country’s legislative body after the ruling junta missed a deadline for a return to democratic rule.

Demonstrations have resulted in one death and hundreds of arrests, intensifying tensions in the West African nation. View on euronews

Viral images showing a group of bow-and-arrow wielding men dangling mutilated body parts that appears to depict “horrific acts of cannibalism” have sparked outrage in Papua New Guinea.

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program in 1986, the disease was endemic in 20 African and Asian countries, with approximately 3.

The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's work, he came tantalizingly close, lowering the number of yearly cases from 3.