Guinea releases 16 Sierra Leone soldiers and police after a tense arrest tied to a long-running border dispute.

CONAKRY, Guinea, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Guinea on Friday released 16 security personnel from neighboring Sierra Leone arrested earlier this week, two officials said, a move that may de-escalate the latest ...

Guinea’s military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil.

Conakry says soldiers crossed border ‘without authorization,’ while Sierra Leone maintains its forces were ‘within territory ...

Two American pilots, Fabio Espinal Nunez of New Jersey and Brad Schlenker of Illinois, have been detained in Guinea since ...

Conakry claimed the latest border dispute was the result of the unauthorised entry into the country by armed troops from ...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday upheld the election victory of Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader's transition to a democratically elected president four ...

FREETOWN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone on Tuesday accused Guinea of capturing several members of its security forces, in the latest flare-up of a long-running row over border territory. Guinea ...

Another bonus point for Guinea. When the sub-region’s heads of state met in Abuja on 7 July for the 65th ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) conference, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guinea's President-elect Mamady Doumbouya takes the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony in Conakry, Guinea, January 17, ...

CONAKRY, Guinea — Parts of Guinea’s capital have been on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups in the West African nation protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline to launch a return to ...