2017 in Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2017 Timeline of Guinean history ← 2016 2015 2014 2017 in Guinea → 2018 2019 2020 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2017 Timeline of Guinean history Events in the year 2017 in Guinea. President: Alpha Condé Prime Minister: Mamady Youla Events 21 January: Following the Gambian constitutional crisis former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea.[1] July: Guinea passed a law that criminalized torture and abolished the death penalty.[2] Deaths 7 January: Cheick Fantamady Camara, 57, film director.[3] 13 February: Momo Wandel Soumah, 39, footballer.[4] 21 February: Jeanne Martin Cissé, 90, teacher and politician.[5] 2 November: Somparé, 73, politician, President of the National Assembly (2002–2008). References ↑ "Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia after losing election". BBC News. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2026-04-17. ↑ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2026-04-17. ↑ "Décès du cinéaste Fantamady Camara : il pleure sur Conakry". Le Quotidien (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017. ↑ NY, Yusra (2017-02-13). "Football : Décès de Momo Wandel Soumah, l'ancien joueur de l'Etoile". Kapitalis (in French). Retrieved 2026-04-17. ↑ "Jeanne Martin Cissé n'est plus ! | Vision Guinee". www.visionguinee.info (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2026-04-17. vteYears in Guinea (1958–present) Pre-1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 vte2017 in AfricaSovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe States with limitedrecognition Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara Related Articles
