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The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has raised “dysfunctions” in certain organs of the Guinean Football Association (FEGUIFOOT) to justify its call for the suspension of the election process in the West African country’s football governing body.

Journalist and historian Amadou Diouldé Diallo has been released after three months of pre-trial detention in a civil prison in Conakry.

Vista Bank Guinea has been granted a €10m line of credit by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) to increase its capacity, support and medium-term funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small and medium-sized industries (SMIs) in the Republic of Guinea.

Guinean writer Djibril Tamsir Niane died on Monday in Dakar at the age of 89.

Guinean opposition Mamadi Conde, also known as “Madic 100 Frontieres,” was sentenced to five years in prison with a fine of 100 million Guinean francs, (about six million CFA francs).

Guinean politician, Cellou Dalein Diallo says he was “prevented” from leaving Conakry (Guinea) for Bamako in Mali, where he was expected to attend the funeral of opposition leader Soumaila Cisse.

The defense and security forces of Guinea, according to the non-governmental organization, Amnesty International (AI) committed killings in neighborhoods favorable to the opposition after the October 18, 2020 presidential election.

Guinea’s opposition National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), says it will not abide by what it called an illegal decision to ban all street protests against the outcome of last month’s election.

The president of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), Cellou Dalein Diallo has vowed to “react with actions” challenging the arrest of some of the party’s leaders.

There are frayed nerves in Guinea where opposition leader Cellou Dallien Diallo is still vehemently contesting incumbent Alpha Conde’s victory in the first round of the presidential election.