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Sub-Saharan Africa is entering a critical phase in the second half of 2025, with several high-profile elections that hold significant implications for the region’s political stability, governance, and security. This repo...

OSAC is issuing a new product format: a regular update about topline private sector security concerns in West and Central Africa. This report highlights recent events in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, a...

Political parties and civil society organizations in Guinea are likely to defy the recent ban on demonstrations, leading to increased political tensions in Guinea. This report details increasing political tensions in Gui...

A resurgence of Ebola in Guinea threatens the country’s population and may decrease the already limited ability of OSAC members to operate in the region due to COVID-19. The unknown origin, size, and duration of the Ebol...

Guinea has been host to an increasing number of violent protests calling for a halt to a possible constitutional referendum and/or President Alpha Conde’s continued stay in office beyond his current term. Protests held o...

Elections in Africa often increase the possibility of civil unrest. Even in instances when the electoral process goes relatively smoothly, some disruption can occur that impacts private-sector operations. This report foc...

After having being declared Ebola-free on May 9, Liberia announced a new case on June 29. A teenaged male in Margibi County died the day prior following treatment for malaria. By July 8, four additional cases all with ep...

Since April 13, opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in a series of anti-government rallies in Guinea’s capital, Conakry and other cities. Demonstrators are protesting against a delay in holding local e...

Cholera infects between 3-5 million people each year, killing approximately 100,000. Epidemics are often linked to poor sanitation, improper drainage, unhygienic street foods, and/or environmental factors including flood...

Africa's Cup of Nations soccer tournament has been impacted by the outbreak of Ebola by needing to change venues, adjust security protocols, and worry about fan violence. Although the matches began in mid-April, they wil...

This interactive product is a compilation of information from previous OSAC reporting on Ebola and Department of State messaging by country.

This is the third of three papers on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,000 people. The Department of State, the CDC, and WHO have issued various messages and guidance about the outbreak. This...

The largest outbreak of Ebola ever reported has been sweeping through West Africa, causing over 720 deaths and at least 1,000 more infections.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a rare virus native to Central Africa. The virus has taken more than 1,500 lives since it was first recorded in 1976, including the last major Ebola outbreak in 2012, when at least 31 people di...

In the early hours of July 19, unknown assailants armed with rockets and small arms attempted to enter the three-story presidential palace of Guinean President Alpha Conde in an apparent coup d’état. President Conde was...

The U.S. Department State has ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel and eligible family members of the U.S. Embassy in Conakry, Guinea four days after the country's security forces opened fire on civilians and...

Foreign mining companies in Guinea are concerned about their operations under the country's military junta, the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), amid threats to close mines and confiscate projects i...

On December 22, 2008 ailing President Lansana Conte, of the West African state of Guinea, died from apparent natural causes. In the hours following the announcement of President Conte’s death, a military group calling it...

The main road connecting the Forest Region's major cities is impassable at points. An alternate route through Kankan and Beyla is mostly unpaved and is not safe for heavy trucks.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity involving American citizens and American organizations in Guinea during the first quarter of 2006 as reported by U.S. Embassy Conakry.