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Conakry (Sosso: Knakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural center of Guinea with a population of 1,931,184.[1] Originally situated on Tombo Island, one of the les de Los, it has since spread up the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula.  The population of Conakry is difficult to ascertain, although the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs has estimated it at 2 million.[2] Even given this uncertainty, Conakry makes up almost a quarter of the population of Guinea.
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 The New York Times 
Amid Worry, Guinea Begins Transition to Democracy
Tue 26 Jan 2010
| Filed at 5:09 p.m. ET | CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- One of the fiercest critics of Guinea's military junta became prime minister Tuesday, a crucial step toward democracy that comes amid worries the coun... (photo: Creative Commons / Ppntori)
Guinea's military junta leader Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara, injured in an assassination attempt six weeks ago, is seen at the presidency in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Democracy   Guinea   Military   Photos   Politics  
 BBC News 
Guinea leader Camara breaks exile silence
Mon 18 Jan 2010
By Caspar Leighton | BBC West Africa correspondent | The sidelined military leader of Guinea has spoken in public for the first time since he was seriously wounded by an assassination attempt in Decem... (photo: AP / Brahima Ouedraogo)
AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs  IRINnews  Fri 5 Feb 2010
AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs
web | LOME, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - The fight against fake medicines requires a united public-private front to overcome people's resistance to health warnings and to dismantle increasingly sophistica... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Africa   Drugs   Ghana   Medicine   Photos  
Mohammed al-Khouli, 9, in a technology class at al-Mu'tasem Elementary School in Gaza City  IRINnews  Fri 5 Feb 2010
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren struggling to learn
web | Photo: Suhair Karam/IRIN GAZA, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Nearly half a million children in Gaza returned to overcrowded and dilapidated schools on 1 February, many attending in a shift system, wi... (photo: IRIN News / : Suhair Karam)
Children   Education   Gaza   Photo   Photos  
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Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian Fri 5 Feb 2010
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker
| Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by compu... (photo: WN / marzena)
Africa   Climate   Photos   Tourism  
Unemployment tops 37 percent and is widely seen as driving Yemens multiple security crises and instability IRINnews Thu 4 Feb 2010
Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown
web | Photo: Hugh Macleod/IRIN SANAA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the ... (photo: IRIN News / Hugh Macleod)
Economy   Photo   Photos   Sanaa   Yemen  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the final hours of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Star Thu 4 Feb 2010
FACTBOX - Over 80 nations sign up to "Copenhagen Accord"
| REUTERS - More than 80 nations have signed up to the "Copenhagen Accord" for fighting climate change but China, India and Russia are among nations yet to make clear if ... (photo: UN)
China   Climate   Copenhagen   India   Photos  
-German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech in the plenary of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Khaleej Times Wed 3 Feb 2010
Over 80 nations sign up to "Copenhagen Accord"

More than 80 nations have signed up to the 'Copenhagen Accord' for fighting climate change but China, India and Russia are among nations yet to make clear if they will en... (photo: AP / Kay Nietfeld,pool)
China   Climate   Fighting   India   Photos  
Mahmud al-Samouni stands in front of his family tent southeast of Gaza City. His family home was destroyed during the Israeli offensive in January 2009. IRINnews Tue 2 Feb 2010
OPT: Psychological trauma, nightmares stalk Gaza children
web | Photo: Suhair Karam/IRIN GAZA, 2 February 2010 (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed and has nightmares about the day - just over a year ago - when she witness... (photo: IRIN News / Suhair Karam)
Gaza   Health   Mideast   Photo   Photos  


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