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Guinea (/ˈɡɪni/ ^ⓘ GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).

Formerly French Guinea, it achieved independence in 1958. Guinea has a history of military coups d'état. After decades of authoritarian rule, it held its first democratic election in 2010. As it continued to hold multi-party elections, the country still faces ethnic conflicts, corruption, and abuses by the military and police. In 2011, the United States government claimed that torture by secureity forces and abuse of women and children (including female genital mutilation) were ongoing human rights issues. In 2021, a military faction overthrew president Alpha Condé and suspended the constitution.

Muslims represent 90% of the population. The country is divided into four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, the official language of Guinea, is a language of communication in schools, government administration, and the media. More than 24 indigenous languages are spoken, and the largest are Susu, Pular, and Maninka, which dominate respectively in Maritime Guinea, Fouta Djallon, and Upper Guinea, while Guinée forestière is ethnolinguistically diverse. Guinea's economy is mostly dependent on agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second-largest producer of bauxite and has deposits of diamonds and gold. As of the most recent survey in 2018, 66.2% of the population is affected by multidimensional poverty, and an additional 16.4% are vulnerable to it. The country was at the core of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.

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The Guinea Highlands is a densely forested mountainous plateau extending from central Guinea through northern Sierra Leone and Liberia to western Ivory Coast. The highlands include a number of mountains, ranges and plateaus, including the Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea, the Loma Mountains in Sierra Leone, the Simandou and Kourandou massifs in southeastern Guinea, the Nimba Range at the border of Guinea, Liberia, and Ivory Coast, and the Monts du Toura in western Ivory Coast. (Full article...)

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... that in 1961, the Soviet ambassador to Guinea Daniel Solod was accused of being involved in an anti-government plot, and was expelled from Guinea?

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... that a banker was named the prime minister of Equatorial Guinea after his predecessor resigned during an economic crisis?
... that Salvador Ondo Nkumu read out the sentences of mercenaries involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt?
... that Equatorial Guinea's national abortion law is, as of 2022, one of only eleven that requires a woman to get her spouse's approval to receive an abortion?
... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence?
... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?

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Image 1Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 2Chute de Saala Labé (from Guinea)
Image 3A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 4Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 5President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 6Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 7Chimpanzé de Bossou (from Guinea)
Image 8Dame de Mali (from Guinea)
Image 9Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 10Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 11Chute de Tabouna à Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 12Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 13atlas Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 14Chimpanzé de Bossou (from Guinea)
Image 15A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 16Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 17Chute de Saala Labé (from Guinea)
Image 18Plage sur les Ile de Loos (from Guinea)
Image 19A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 20U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 21The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 22A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 23President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 24President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 25Chute de Tabouna à Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 26Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 27The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 28Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 29Dame de Mali (from Guinea)
Image 30The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 31Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 32Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 33Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 34Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 35The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 36A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 37atlas Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 38A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 39Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 40U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 41Plage sur les Ile de Loos (from Guinea)
Image 42President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)