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Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country located in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Ivory Coast 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. At the census held on 1 July 2025, Guinea had a population of over 17.5 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 security 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.

Guinea is a member of United Nations, ECOWAS, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, La Francophonie, and African Union. Its membership in the African Union was suspended in 2021 because of the 2021 coup, but it was reinstated in January 2026. 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 savannah region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. 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 Forest Guinea is ethnolinguistically diverse. Despite that, French only is the language of communication in schools, government administration, and the media. 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.

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The western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), also known as the bay red colobus, rust red colobus or Upper Guinea red colobus, is a species of Old World monkey in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. The monkey is a frequent prey of the common chimpanzee. In 1994, western red colobus monkeys infected many chimpanzees with Ebola virus after being hunted and consumed by the chimps. (Full article...)

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... that although the 1954 Guinean by-poll was marred with irregularities, only the communists and the African Democratic Rally voted against validating the results in the French National Assembly?

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... that a banker was named the prime minister of Equatorial Guinea after his predecessor resigned during an economic crisis?
... 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?
... 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 Winston Tang qualified to represent Guinea-Bissau at the 2026 Winter Olympics through his father's connections to its cashew industry?
... 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?

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Image 1President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 2Dame de Mali [fr] (from Guinea)
Image 3U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 4Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 5Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 6A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 7Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 8A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 9President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 10The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 11Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 12The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 13Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 14The Grand Mosque of Conakry was built under Ahmed Sékou Touré with funding from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. (from Guinea)
Image 15Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 16The Grand Mosque of Conakry was built under Ahmed Sékou Touré with funding from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. (from Guinea)
Image 17A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 18Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 19Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 20Dame de Mali [fr] (from Guinea)
Image 21Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 22President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 23President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 24Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 25A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 26Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 27U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 28Kissidougou market (from Guinea)