Relatives hunt for the missing after Guinea stadium crush amid fears official death toll is too low

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A distraught Kambaly Kouroumah is searching for his teenage brother, Adama, at a local morgue in southern Guinea’s Nzerekore city, where dozens of people died at a crowded stadium after chaos erupted during a soccer game. Kouroumah is one of many bereaved...

Gunfire erupts near Guinea's presidential palace and the military locks down the area

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea ’s capital Conakry, and the army briefly locked down the city center and evacuated it. Local journalist Fode Toure, who was a few hundred meters from the presidential palace, told The...

Shots fired near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry, and the military locks down the city center

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Shots fired near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry, and the military locks down the city center.