native name | ''République de Guinée'' |
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conventional long name | Republic of Guinea |
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common name | Guinea |
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image coat | Guinea crest01.png |
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national motto | ''"Travail, Justice, Solidarité"''(French)"Work, Justice, Solidarity" |
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national anthem | ''Liberté''(French)"Freedom" |
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official languages | French |
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languages type | Vernacular languages |
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languages | Mandinka, Fula and Susu |
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demonym | Guinean |
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ethnic groups | Fula (Peuhl) 40%Mandingo (Malinke) 30%Susu (Soussou) 20%smaller ethnic groups 10% |
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capital | Conakry |
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largest city | capital |
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government type | Presidential republic |
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leader title1 | President |
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leader name1 | Alpha Condé |
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leader title2 | Prime Minister |
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leader name2 | Mohamed Said Fofana |
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legislature | National Assembly |
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area rank | 78th |
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area magnitude | 1 E11 |
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area km2 | 245,857 |
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area sq mi | 94,926 |
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percent water | negligible |
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population estimate | 10,057,975 |
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population estimate rank | 81st |
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population estimate year | July 2009 |
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population census | 7,156,407 |
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population census year | 1996 |
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population density km2 | 40.9 |
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population density sq mi | 106.1 |
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population densty rank | 164th |
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gdp ppp | $11.464 billion |
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gdp ppp year | 2011 |
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gdp ppp per capita | $1,082 |
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gdp nominal | $5.212 billion |
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gdp nominal year | 2011 |
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gdp nominal per capita | $492 |
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sovereignty type | Independence |
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established event1 | from France |
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established date1 | 2 October 1958 |
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hdi | 0.340 |
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hdi rank | 156th |
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hdi year | 2010 |
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hdi category | low |
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gini | 40.3 |
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gini year | 1994 |
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gini category | medium |
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fsi | 101.3 2.3 |
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fsi year | 2007 |
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fsi rank | 9th |
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fsi category | Alert |
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currency | Guinean franc |
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currency code | GNF |
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utc offset | +0 |
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drives on | right |
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cctld | .gn |
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calling code | 224
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Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea (), is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (''Guinée française''), it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has almost and a population of 10,057,975. It forms a crescent by curving from its western border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east and the south. Its northern border is shared with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, the southern one with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. The Niger River's source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea.
Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures. Conakry is the capital, largest city and economic centre. The other major cities in the country include Kankan, Nzérékoré, Kindia, Labe, Guéckédou, Mamou and Boke.
Guinea's 10 million people belong to twenty-four ethnic groups. The largest and most prominent groups are the Fula 40%, Mandingo 30%, and Susu 20%.
Guinea is a predominantly Muslim country at about 85% of the population . Christians, mostly Roman Catholic, make up about 10% of the population of Guinea and they are largely found in the Guinea forestiere region in southern Guinea.
Guinea is very rich in minerals, including bauxite, diamond, and gold. The country's economy is largey dependent on agriculture and mineral production . The country is the second largest bauxite producer in the world .
French is the official language of Guinea and is the language of communication at schools, government administration, the media, and among the country's security forces. Guinea is home to over twenty four indigenous languages. The three most widely spoken languages in guinea are the Fula, Susu and Mandinka. The Fula language is widely spoken in the Fouta Djallon region in central Guinea. The Mandinka language is widely spoken in Eastern Guinea and part of the Guinea forestiere region. the Susu language is widely spoken in the coastal region of northwestern Guinea.
History
The land that is now Guinea belonged to a series of African empires until France colonized it in the 1890s, and made it part of
French West Africa. Guinea declared its independence from France on 2 October 1958. From independence until the
presidential election of 2010, Guinea was governed by a number of
autocratic rulers, which has contributed to making Guinea one of the poorest countries in the world.
Marxism-Leninism
Ahmed Sékou Touré became President upon Guinea's independence in 1958, establishing one-party dictatorship, with a closed, socialized economy and no tolerance for human rights, free expression, or political opposition, which was ruthlessly suppressed. The country was named the People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea.
Economic costs were extensive. The state took over farms and other production. Imposition of price controls started an era of pervasive black markets and smuggling even though it was punishable by death. Touré relied on his own Malinke ethnic group to fill positions in the party and government. More than a million people fled the repression into neighboring countries. It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the Camp Boiro, a Soviet-style concentration camp.
After almost three decades in power, Touré died unexpectedly on 26 March 1984.
Recent history
Following a brief
coup d'état,
Lansana Conté became the President after Touré. The constitution and parliament were suspended and a committee for national recovery was established. Conté clung to power until his death in 2008.
On 23 December 2008, Moussa Dadis Camara seized control of Guinea as the head of a junta. On 28 September 2009, the junta ordered its soldiers to attack people who had gathered to protest any attempt by Camara to become President. The soldiers went on a rampage of rape, mutilation, and murder.
On 3 December 2009, an aide shot Camara during a dispute about the rampage of September 2009. Camara went to Morocco for medical care. Vice-President (and defense minister) Sékouba Konaté flew back from Lebanon to run the country in Camara's absence.
On 12 January 2010 Camara was flown from Morocco to Burkina Faso. After meeting in Ouagadougou on 13 and 14 January, Camara, Konaté and Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, produced a formal statement of twelve principles promising a return of Guinea to civilian rule within six months. It was agreed that the military would not contest the forthcoming elections, and Camara would continue his convalescence outside Guinea. On 21 January 2010 the military junta appointed Jean-Marie Doré as Prime Minister of a six-month transition government, leading up to elections.
The presidential election was set to take place on 27 June and 18 July 2010, it was held as being the first free and fair election since independence in 1958.
The first round took place normally on the 27 June 2010 with ex Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and his rival Alpha Condé emerging as the two runners-up for the second round.
However, due to allegations of electoral fraud, the second round of the election was postponed until 19 September 2010. A delay until 10 October was announced by the electoral commission (CENI), subject to approval by Sékouba Konaté. Yet another delay until 24 October was announced in early October. Elections were finally held on 7 November. Voter turnout was high, and the elections went relatively smoothly.
16 November 2010, Alpha Condé, the leader of the opposition party Rally of the Guinean People (RGP), was officially declared the winner of a 7 November run-off in Guinea's presidential election. He has promised to reform the security sector and review mining contracts if elected.
On the night of July 18, 2011, President Condé's residence was attacked in an attempted coup. The attack included a fierce firefight and rocket propelled grenades. The president was unharmed. Sixteen people have been charged with the attempted assassination. Most of those indicted are close associates of Sékouba Konaté.
After many delays, the legislative elections are set for July 7, 2012 and political parties will hold as many rallies as needed to ensure that they are free and fair. There is some skepticism that they will occur on that date.
The legal voting age is 18.
Regions and prefectures
The Republic of Guinea covers of West Africa about 10 degrees north of the equator. Guinea is divided into four natural regions with distinct human, geographic, and climatic characteristics:
Maritime Guinea (''La Guinée Maritime'') covers 18% of the country
Mid-Guinea (''La Moyenne-Guinée'') covers 20% of the country
Upper-Guinea (''La Haute-Guinée'') covers 38% of the country
Forested Guinea (''Guinée forestière'') covers 23% of the country, and is both forested and mountainous
Guinea is divided into seven administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures.
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|Conakry Region ||Conakry||2,325,190
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|Nzérékoré Region ||Nzérékoré||1,528,908
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|Kankan Region ||Kankan||1,427,568
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|Kindia Region ||Kindia||1,326,727
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|Boké Region ||Boké||965,767
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|Labé Region ||Labé||903,386
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|Faranah Region ||Faranah||839,083
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|Mamou Region||Mamou||719,011
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The capital Conakry with a population of 1,548,470 ranks as a special zone.
Geography
At , Guinea is roughly the size of the United Kingdom and slightly smaller than the US state of Oregon. There are of coastline and a total land border of . Its neighbours are Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone. It lies mostly between latitudes 7° and 13°N, and longitudes 7° and 15°W (a small area is west of 15°).
The country is divided into four main regions: the Basse-Coté lowlands, populated mainly by the Susu ethnic group; the cooler, mountainous Fouta Djallon that run roughly north-south through the middle of the country, populated by Fulas, the Sahelian Haute-Guinea to the northeast, populated by Malinké, and the forested jungle regions in the southeast, with several ethnic groups. Guinea's mountains are the source for the Niger, the Gambia, and Senegal Rivers, as well as the numerous rivers flowing to the sea on the west side of the range in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.
The highest point in Guinea is Mount Nimba at . Although the Guinean and Ivorian sides of the Nimba Massif are a UNESCO Strict Nature Reserve, the portion of the so-called Guinean Backbone continues into Liberia, where it has been mined for decades; the damage is quite evident in the Nzérékoré Region at .
Economy
Guinea has abundant natural resources including 25% or more of the world's known bauxite reserves. Guinea also has diamonds, gold, and other metals. The country has great potential for hydroelectric power. Bauxite and alumina are currently the only major exports. Other industries include processing plants for beer, juices, soft drinks and tobacco. Agriculture employs 80% of the nation's labor force. Under French rule, and at the beginning of independence, Guinea was a major exporter of bananas, pineapples, coffee, peanuts, and palm oil.
Mining
Richly endowed with minerals, Guinea possesses over 25 billion
tonnes (metric tons) of
bauxite – and perhaps up to one-half of the world's reserves. In addition, Guinea's mineral wealth includes more than 4-billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore, significant diamond and gold deposits, and undetermined quantities of
uranium. Guinea has considerable potential for growth in agricultural and fishing sectors. Soil, water, and climatic conditions provide opportunities for large-scale irrigated farming and agro industry. Possibilities for investment and commercial activities exist in all these areas, but Guinea's poorly developed infrastructure and rampant corruption continue to present obstacles to large-scale investment projects.
Joint venture bauxite mining and alumina operations in northwest Guinea historically provide about 80% of Guinea's foreign exchange. Bauxite is refined into alumina, which is later smelted into aluminium. The ''Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinea'' (CBG), which exports about 14 million tonnes of high-grade bauxite annually, is the main player in the bauxite industry. CBG is a joint venture, 49% owned by the Guinean Government and 51% by an international consortium known as Halco Mining Inc., a joint venture of Dadco Mining and Rio Tinto Alcan. The ''Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia'' (CBK), a joint venture between the Government of Guinea and Russki Alumina, produces some 2.5 million tonnes annually, nearly all of which is exported to Russia and Eastern Europe. Dian Dian, a Guinean/Ukrainian joint bauxite venture, has a projected production rate of per year, but is not expected to begin operations for several years. The ''Alumina Compagnie de Guinée'' (ACG), which took over the former Friguia Consortium, produced about 2.4 million tonnes in 2004 as raw material for its alumina refinery. The refinery exports about 750,000 tonnes of alumina. Both Global Alumina and Alcoa-Alcan have signed conventions with the Government of Guinea to build large alumina refineries with a combined capacity of about 4 million tonnes per year.
Diamonds and gold also are mined and exported on a large scale. AREDOR, a joint diamond-mining venture between the Guinean Government (50%) and an Australian, British, and Swiss consortium, began production in 1984 and mined diamonds that are 90% gem quality. Production stopped from 1993 until 1996, when First City Mining, of Canada, purchased the international portion of the consortium. The bulk of diamonds are mined artisanally. The largest gold mining operation in Guinea is a joint venture between the government and Ashanti Goldfields of Ghana. Société Minière de Dinguiraye (SMD) also has a large gold mining facility in Lero, near the Malian border.
Guinea has large reserves of the steel-making raw material, iron ore. Rio Tinto is the majority owner of the $6 billion Simandou iron ore project, which the firm says is the world's best unexploited resource. Rio Tinto has signed a binding agreement with Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. to establish the joint venture for the Simandou iron ore project. This project is said to be of the same magnitude as the Pilbara in Western Australia . In the 1960s, Thomas Price, then vice president of US-based steel company Kaiser Steel, said, "I think this [the Pilbara] is one of the most massive ore bodies in the world."
Problems and reforms
The Guinean Government adopted policies in the 1990s to return commercial activity to the private sector, promote investment, reduce the role of the state in the economy, and improve the administrative and judicial framework. Guinea has the potential to develop, if the government carries out its announced policy reforms, and if the private sector responds appropriately. So far, corruption and
favouritism, lack of long-term political stability, and the lack of a transparent budgeting process continue to dampen foreign investor interest in major projects in Guinea.
Reforms since 1985 include eliminating restrictions on agriculture and foreign trade, liquidation of some government-owned corporations, the creation of a realistic exchange rate, increased spending on education, and cutting the government bureaucracy. In July 1996, President Lansana Conté appointed a new government, which promised major economic reforms, including financial and judicial reform, rationalization of public expenditures, and improved government revenue collection. Under 1996 and 1998 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank agreements, Guinea continued fiscal reforms and privatization, and shifted governmental expenditures and internal reforms to the education, health, infrastructure, banking, and justice sectors.
The government revised the private investment code in 1998 to stimulate economic activity in the spirit of free enterprise. The code does not discriminate between foreigners and nationals and allows for repatriation of profits. While the code restricts development of Guinea's hydraulic resources to projects in which Guineans have majority shareholdings and management control, it does contain a clause permitting negotiations of more favourable conditions for investors in specific agreements. Foreign investments outside Conakry are entitled to more favourable terms. A national investment commission has been formed to review all investment proposals. Guinea and the United States have an investment guarantee agreement that offers political risk insurance to American investors through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In addition, Guinea has inaugurated an arbitration court system, which allows for the quick resolution of commercial disputes.
Cabinet changes in 1999, which increased corruption, economic mismanagement, and excessive government spending, combined to slow the momentum for economic reform. The informal sector continues to be a major contributor to the economy.
Until June 2001, private operators managed the production, distribution, and fee-collection operations of water and electricity under performance-based contracts with the Government of Guinea. However, the two utilities are plagued by inefficiency and corruption. Foreign private investors in these operations departed the country in frustration.
In 2002, the IMF suspended Guinea's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) because the government failed to meet key performance criteria. In reviews of the PRGF, the World Bank noted that Guinea had met its spending goals in targeted social priority sectors. However, spending in other areas, primarily defense, contributed to a significant fiscal deficit. The loss of IMF funds forced the government to finance its debts through Central Bank advances. The pursuit of unsound economic policies has resulted in imbalances that are proving hard to correct.
Under then-Prime Minister Diallo, the government began a rigorous reform agenda in December 2004 designed to return Guinea to a PRGF with the IMF. Exchange rates have been allowed to float, price controls on gasoline have been loosened, and government spending has been reduced while tax collection has been improved. These reforms have not reduced inflation, which hit 27% in 2004 and 30% in 2005. Currency depreciation is also a concern. The Guinea franc was trading at 2550 to the dollar in January 2005. It hit 5554 to the dollar by October 2006.
Despite the opening in 2005 of a new road connecting Guinea and Mali, most major roadways remain in poor repair, slowing the delivery of goods to local markets. Electricity and water shortages are frequent and sustained, and many businesses are forced to use expensive power generators and fuel to stay open.
Even though there are many problems plaguing Guinea's economy, not all foreign investors are reluctant to come to Guinea. Global Alumina's proposed alumina refinery has a price tag above $2 billion. Alcoa and Alcan are proposing a slightly smaller refinery worth about $1.5 billion. Taken together, they represent the largest private investment in sub-Saharan Africa since the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline. Also, Hyperdynamics Corporation, an American oil company, signed an agreement in 2006 to develop Guinea's offshore Senegal Basin oil deposits in a concession of ; it is pursuing seismic exploration.
On 13 October 2009, Guinean Mines Minister Mahmoud Thiam announced that the China International Fund would invest more than $7bn (£4.5bn) in infrastructure. In return, he said the firm would be a "strategic partner" in all mining projects in the mineral-rich nation. He said the firm would help build ports, railway lines, power plants, low-cost housing and even a new administrative centre in the capital, Conakry. In September 2011, Mohamed Lamine Fofana, the Mines Minister following the 2010 election, said that the government had overturned the agreement by the ex-military junta.
Youth unemployment, however, remains a large problem. Guinea needs an adequate policy to address the concerns of the urban youth. The problem is the disparity between their life and what they see on television. As the youth cannot find jobs, seeing the economic power and consumerism of richer countries only serves to frustrate them further.
Oil
Guinea signed a
Production sharing agreement with Hyperdynamics Corporation (Houston, TX) in 2006 to explore a large offshore tract, recently in partnership with Dana Petroleum PLC (Aberdeen, United Kingdom). The initial well, the Sabu-1, is scheduled to begin drilling in October 2011 at a site in approximately 700 meters of water. The Sabu-1 will target a four-way
anticline prospect with
upper Cretaceous sands and is anticipated to be drilled to a total depth of 3,600 meters.
Transportation
The railway which operated from Conakry to
Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s . Domestic air services are intermittent. Most vehicles in Guinea are 20+ years old, and cabs are any four-door vehicle which the owner has designated as being for hire. Locals, nearly entirely without vehicles of their own, rely upon these taxis (which charge per seat) and small buses to take them around town and across the country. There is some river traffic on the Niger and Milo rivers. Horses and donkeys pull carts, primarily to transport construction materials.
Iron mining at Simandou (South) in the southeast beginning in 2007 and at Kalia in the east is likely to result in the construction of a new heavy-duty standard gauge railway and deepwater port. Iron mining at Simandou North will load to a new port near Buchanan in Liberia, in exchange for which, rehabilitation of the Conakry to Kankan line will occur.
Conakry International Airport is the largest airport in the country, with flights to other cities in Africa as well as to Europe.
Demography
The population of Guinea is estimated at 10.2 million.
Conakry, the capital and largest city, is the hub of Guinea's economy, commerce, education, and culture.
Languages
The official language of Guinea is French. Other significant languages spoken are
Maninka (Malinke),
Susu,
Pular (Fulfulde or Fulani),
Kissi,
Kpelle, and
Loma.
Ethnicity
The population of Guinea comprises about 24 ethnic groups. The
Fulas or Fulani (; ), comprise 35% of the population and are mostly found in the
Futa Djallon region. The
Mandinka, also known as Mandingo or Malinké, comprise 25% of the population and are mostly found in eastern Guinea concentrated around the
Kankan and
Kissidougou prefectures. The
Soussou, comprising 15%, are predominantly in western areas around the capital
Conakry,
Forécariah, and
Kindia. Smaller ethnic groups make up the remaining 15% of the population, including
Kpelle,
Kissi,
Zialo, Toma and others.
Religion
Islam is the majority religion. Approximately 85% of the population is Muslim, while 8% is Christian, and 7% holds traditional animist beliefs. Guinean Muslims are generally
Sunni and
Sufi; there are relatively few
Shi'a in Guinea. Christian groups include
Roman Catholics,
Anglicans,
Baptists,
Seventh-day Adventists, and other
Evangelical groups.
Jehovah's Witnesses are active in the country and recognized by the Government. There is a small
Baha'i community. There are small numbers of
Hindus,
Buddhists, and traditional Chinese religious groups among the
expatriate community.
Military
Guinea's armed forces are divided into five branches – army, navy, air force, the paramilitary National
Gendarmerie and the
Republican Guard – whose chiefs report to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is subordinate to the Minister of Defense. In addition, regime security forces include the National Police Force (Sûreté National). The Gendarmerie, responsible for internal security, has a strength of several thousand.
The army, with about 15,000 personnel, is by far the largest branch of the armed forces. It is mainly responsible for protecting the state borders, the security of administered territories, and defending Guinea's national interests. Air force personnel total about 700. The force's equipment includes several Russian-supplied fighter planes and transports. The navy has about 900 personnel and operates several small patrol craft and barges.
Health
Guinea has been reorganizing its health system since the
Bamako Initiative of 1987 formally promoted community-based methods of increasing accessibility of drugs and
health care services to the population, in part by implementing user fees. The new strategy dramatically increased accessibility through community-based healthcare (including community ownership and local budgeting), resulting in more efficient and equitable provision of services. A comprehensive strategy was extended to all areas of health care, with subsequent improvement in health indicators and improvement in health care efficiency and cost.
Guinea's public health code is defined by Law No. L/97/021/AN of 19 June 1997 promulgating the Public Health Code. The law provides for the protection and promotion of health and for the rights and duties of the individual, the family, and community throughout the territory of the Republic of Guinea.
In June 2011, the Guinean government announced the establishment of an air solidarity levy on all flights taking off from national soil, with funds going to UNITAID to support expanded access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Guinea is among the growing number of countries and development partners using market-based transactions taxes and other innovative financing mechanisms to expand financing options for health care in resource-limited settings.
Maternal and child health care
In June 2011, the
United Nations Population Fund released a report on
The State of the World's Midwifery. It contained new data on the midwifery workforce and policies relating to newborn and maternal mortality for 58 countries. The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Guinea is 680. This is compared with 859.9 in 2008 and 964.7 in 1990. The under 5 mortality rate, per 1,000 births is 146 and the neonatal mortality as a percentage of under 5's mortality is 29. The aim of this report is to highlight ways in which the
Millennium Development Goals can be achieved, particularly Goal 4 – Reduce child mortality and Goal 5 – improve maternal death. In Guinea the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 1 and 1 in 26 shows us the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women.
HIV/AIDS
The first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported in 1986. Though levels of AIDS are significantly lower than in a number of other African countries, as of 2005, Guinea was considered by the
World Health Organization to face a generalized epidemic.
An estimated 170,000 adults and children were infected at the end of 2004. The spread of the epidemic was attributed to factors such as proximity to high-prevalence countries, a large refugee population, internal displacement and subregional instability.
Culture
Like other West African countries, Guinea has a rich musical tradition. The group
Bembeya Jazz became popular in the 1960s after Guinean independence.
Music
Education
The literacy rate of Guinea is one of the lowest in the world: in 2003 it was estimated that only 29.5% of adults were literate (42.6% of males and 18.1% of females).
Primary education is compulsory for 8 years, but most children do not attend for so long, and many do not go to school at all. In 1999, primary school attendance was 40 percent.Children, particularly girls, are kept out of school in order to assist their parents with domestic work or agriculture.
See also
Outline of Guinea
Index of Guinea-related articles
List of Guineans
References
External links
The State of the World's Midwifery - Guinea Country Profile
'Media and Telecommunication Lansdcape in Guinea', a 'infoasaid' guide, April 2011, 69 pp.
Key Development Forecasts for Guinea from International Futures
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