2021 in Guinea

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Events in the year 2021 in Guinea.

See also: 2021 in West Africa

Incumbents

• President: Alpha Condé
• Prime Minister: Ibrahima Kassory Fofana

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea

• January 12 – Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz denies corruption or forgery linked to mining rights for Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR). Swiss prosecutors allege Steinmetz won the mining rights by bribing the wife of former president Lansana Conté (2006–2010).[1]
• January 13 – Two critics of President Alpha Conde are condemned to a year in prison for inciting an insurrection during the 2020 Guinean presidential election campaign.[2]
• February 14 – Guinea declares a new ebola outbreak in Gouécké, Nzérékoré Region. Three people die and four are ill.[3] 14,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 84 deaths have been reported.[4]
• February 20 – Pope Francis accepts the resignation of conservative Cardinal Robert Sarah, 75, from the Vatican′s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. As Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry he was a critic of Islam and of President Ahmed Sékou Touré.[5]
• February 23 – Ebola vaccines donated by the World Health Organization (WHO) are administered in Gouéké, Nzérékoré Prefecture. The WHO has also deployed 65 experts and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $15 million to help Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo fight Ebola.[6][7]
• September 5 - Members of Guinean special forces overthrow incumbent president Alpha Condé from his office and dissolve the Guinean constitution and government.[8]
• September 9 - ECOWAS suspends Guinea from its organization in response to the September 5th coup d'etat.[9]

Deaths

• February 5 – Abdoul Jabbar, 40–41, singer-songwriter.[10]
• March 1 – Emmanuel Félémou, 60, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kankan (since 2007); COVID-19.[11]
• March 8 – Djibril Tamsir Niane, 89, writer and historian; COVID-19.[12]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• National Assembly (Guinea)

References

1. Nebehay, Stephanie (January 12, 2021). "Steinmetz denies corruption in Guinea case; says he was not in charge". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. Reuters. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
2. "Two Guinea opposition figures get one-year jail terms". msn.com. AFP. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
3. "Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Reuters. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
4. "Guinea - COVID-19 - Coronavirus crisis 2021". countryeconomy.com. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
5. "Conservative African cardinal who clashed with pope leaves post". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. February 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
6. "Guinea launches Ebola vaccination drive in country's south". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
7. "West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat". UN News. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
8. "Guinea coup attempt: Soldiers claim to seize power from Alpha Condé". BBC News. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
9. "West African Bloc Refrains From Demanding Guinea Leader's Return". Bloomberg Quint. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
10. Nécrologie : l'artiste reggae man Abdoul Jabbar est décédé ! (in French)
11. Bishop Emmanuel Félémou
12. Addio allo storico Djibril Tamsir Niane (in Italian)

External links

• In Guinea, Fighting Diseases of Poverty in the Time of COVID-19 (Relief Web, 15 Dec 2020)
• What an Ebola outbreak reveals about vaccine inequity (Al Jazeera, Feb 22, 2021)