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# Guinea

Last year
2022
# Report
Gambia capitalise on Naby Keita's absence as Guinea crash out of AFCON
The Liverpool midfielder was suspended for his side’s stunning loss to the lowest-ranked team remaining.
All time
# unrest
Liverpool ‘satisfied Naby Keita is safe’ as they work to get him out of Guinea
The 26-year-old was on international duty in his homeland when an apparent military coup took place.
# attempted coup
Guinean government dissolved and borders shut, army colonel says
The whereabouts of President Alpha Conde were not known.
# Guinea
First case of Ebola-like Marburg disease recorded in West Africa
The virus is carried by bats and has a fatality rate of up to 88%.
# EBOLA
Guinea health chief calls Ebola outbreak an epidemic as seven cases are confirmed
The cases mark the first known resurgence of Ebola in West Africa since a 2013-2016 epidemic.
# Winning
One of the favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations seal quarter-final spot
Algeria will face either Ivory Coast or Mali in the last eight after seeing off Guinea.
# rejection
'Too heavy' - Pogba's brother turned down by German third-tier club
Uerdingen, a former Bundesliga club, earned promotion to the third division in May.
# Virus
Guinea's Ebola outbreak is declared officially over
Forty-two days have passed since the last person with Ebola tested negative for the virus.
# baby nubia
This beautiful shot is our image of the day
Nubia is MSF’s last-known Ebola patient in Conakry, Guinea.
Voices
Opinion: 'The outbreak has brought an unmatched level of fear and panic'
The Ebola response appears to finally be working. But Sierra Leone has never faced an enemy like this before – the crisis has been devastating.
# AFCON
Guinea go through at Africa Cup of Nations after Ireland-at-Italia-'90-style drawing of lots
A random draw was conducted earlier.
# finding a cure
Experimental Ebola vaccines may be lifeline for African countries
Hopes raised that the trial will “form the basis of a more potent vaccine” – there is currently no effective vaccine against the Ebola or Marburg virus.
# West Africa
Will clinical trials for Ebola treatment stop its deadly spread?
Drug and blood-based trials will begin in West Africa next month.
# EBOLA
Visitors to the US from West Africa can only land at five airports
This will allow authorities to focus their health checks.
# Strike
Liberian doctors strike to demand "danger money" for treating Ebola patients
The World Health Organisation has said Ebola ‘threatens the very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries’.
# Guinea
Ebola education team killed amid fears of organ harvesting
The bodies were found in a septic tank of a primary school. 27 people have been arrested.
# Outbreak
Ebola-hit Liberia bans sailors from disembarking
Meanwhile, Morocco has vowed to keep up regularly scheduled flights to Ebola-hit nations in a “solidarity” move.
# EBOLA
Two-year jail terms for hiding Ebola victims in Sierra Leone
New legislation passed as WHO outlines reasons it believes the current Ebola outbreak is being underestimated.
# Explainer
Ebola: What is it? How do people become infected?
Ebola first appeared in 1976. The current outbreak has killed more than 1,300 people, with experts warning it could take six months to bring under control.
# EBOLA
Second Ebola death confirmed in Nigeria as Spain plans evacuation of sick missionary
Almost 900 people have died since the latest outbreak of the disease earlier this year in West Africa.
# EBOLA
Two Americans infected with Ebola being evacuated back to US
Meanwhile, West African states announce an ‘isolation zone’ sealing off the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.
# West Africa
Ireland commits a further €144K to fight worst Ebola outbreak in history
The outbreak started in Guinea in early 2014 and has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
# West Africa
Emergency talks look for ways to halt worst outbreak of Ebola in history
A suggestion that untested vaccines should be used has attracted controversy.
# Liberia
DFA updates travel advice for Irish citizens, following Ebola outbreak
101 deaths have been recorded to date in Guinea, and 12 in neighbouring Liberia.
# Outbreak
Crowd attacks Ebola treatment centre
The violence took place in a town in Guinea where at least 14 people have died of the deadly disease.
# Epidemic
Aid agency worker dies as Ebola outbreak spreads
Meanwhile, Senegal has closed border crossings to Guinea “until further notice” in an attempt to contain the deadly virus.
# Outbreak
DFA updates travel advice, as Guinea Ebola epidemic spreads
An outbreak of the virus has killed dozens of people in the West African nation’s southern forests.
# Outbreak
Funerals are spreading deadly Ebola virus, warn doctors
The outbreak of the virus has already claimed 61 lives.
# Outbreak
Ebola has now spread into Liberia, say Irish aid workers
The deadly virus has already killed more than 60 people and infected many more.
# Epidemic
Ebola outbreak in Guinea 'could become regional epidemic'
Plan Ireland has warned that the virus could spread to neighbouring countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
# highly contagious
34 dead, as Ebola confirmed as source of Guinea epidemic
There’s no treatment or vaccine available for the disease — which is transmitted by contact with blood, faeces, sweat, sexual contact or unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.
# West Africa
Europe to help Guinea after 5-year freeze
€140 million has been released to support development in the west African nation.
# AFCON
African Cup of Nations 2012 preview: Group D
With the tournament kicking off tomorrow, we complete our preview with a look at Ghana, Mali, Guinea and Botswana.