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Guinea (/ˈɡɪni/ ^ⓘ GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire 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. Guinea has a population of 14 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.

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 savanna region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, the official language of Guinea, is a language of communication in schools, government administration, and the media. 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 Guinée forestière is ethnolinguistically diverse. 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. The country was at the core of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.

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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 the existence of Aitvaras, now a squadron of the Lithuanian Special Operations Force, was revealed after the capture of Lithuanian sailors in Guinea in 2000?

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... 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 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?
... 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 the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence?
... that Salvador Ondo Nkumu read out the sentences of mercenaries involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt?
... that a banker was named the prime minister of Equatorial Guinea after his predecessor resigned during an economic crisis?

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Image 1The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 2Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 3The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 4Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 5A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 6The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 7U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 8President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 9President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 10Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 11Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 12A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 13Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 14Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 15Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 16U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 17Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 18Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 19The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 20Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 21Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 22A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 23President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 24A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 25Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 26President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 27Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 28Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 29A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 30A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)