A military-led group declared a coup in the West African nation of Guinea on Tuesday, announcing it had dissolved the government and constitution hours after the death of the country's longtime ...

CONAKRY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Guinea's President Lansana Conte has died after an illness, Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare said on Tuesday. Conte, a chain-smoking and reclusive diabetic who was in ...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea President Lansana Conte, who has ruled the African nation with an iron hand since seizing power in a coup nearly a quarter century ago, has died following a lengthy ...

Guinea President Lansana Conte, who ruled the African nation with an iron hand since seizing power in a coup nearly a quarter-century ago, died of undisclosed causes Dec. 22, it was reported from ...

MOUSSAYAH, Guinea -- Tens of thousands of loyalists on Friday mourned the dictator who ruled Guinea for nearly a quarter-century, lining the roads to the lavish palace grounds where he was interred ...

(Reuters) - Guinea announced on Tuesday the death of its long-serving president, Lansana Conte, and hours later a military officer made a broadcast on state radio saying the constitution and ...

MOUSSAYAH, Guinea — Tens of thousands of loyalists on Friday mourned the dictator who ruled Guinea for nearly a quarter-century, lining the roads to the lavish palace grounds where he was interred and ...