Jihadist groups dislodged from Middle East battlegrounds are reportedly regrouping in West Africa, exploiting longstanding grievances between the Dogon farmers and the Puelh-Fulani nomadic herdsmen of Mali over access to limited supplies of land and water. This week, a militia in Dogon attire entered Ogossagou, a Fulani village and suspected jihadi hideout at about […]
Protestors hit the streets, Wednesday in the Guinean capital Conakry to protest several issues. According to reports, the protest, which was relatively peaceful compared to previous ones where security forces have turned up to suppress it and people have died in the process, was primarily staged to coax the government of President Alpha Conde
A Guinean NGO in New York, Pottal Fii Bhantal (United For Development) has been organizing a soccer tournament for its nationals in the New York area for the past 10 years. This year, the tournament has kicked off in full force. According to the Former President of Pottal Fii Bhantal, Abdoulaye S. Diallo, the purpose of the
The Fouta Djallon (Fulani) community in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Tri-State area held their second annual cultural event dubbed Pottal Fii Bhantal Fouta Djallon in New York over the weekend. The event attracted members of the community as well as other Guinean nationals, the extended African community and well wishers. The colorful event was a
During my life, I have not had much opportunity to go to a beauty pageant. I have known only what I saw on t.v. such Miss America. However, I decide to take the opportunity to go the Miss Guinea USA pageant not only to photograph, but to understand what all the fess was about. I
US President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, White House sources say. Officials say personnel from the American military will be deployed to offer support with several aspects of tackling the pandemic including overseeing the building of new treatment centers and helping train
As West Africa battles with an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus, a man identified as a US citizen is reported to be undergoing testing for the virus in Ghana. The outbreak has hit countries like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia but there has been no confirmed cases yet in Ghana. The man who was
In an effort to interrupt further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization is convening a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven (11) countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Accra, Ghana from 2-3 July 2014 to discuss the best way of tackling
