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...

Panic among spectators at soccer game kills at least 56 in the West African nation of Guinea

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Chaos erupted at a soccer game in Guinea after fans protested a referee’s call and thousands of panicked spectators tried to flee the stadium, leaving at least 56 people dead in the West African nation, officials and witnesses said Monday. Amid the...

Deadly crush at Guinea soccer game is only the latest tragedy involving large crowds

Fifty-six people were killed in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea on Sunday. The chaos followed clashes between fans in the city of Nzerekore during the final of a local tournament between the Labe and Nzerekore teams in honor of Guinea’s military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya,...

Several killed in a stampede after clashes at a Guinea soccer match, according to an official and local media

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Several killed in a stampede after clashes at a Guinea soccer match, according to an official and local media.

Guinea authorities dissolve dozens of political parties with no election date set

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea authorities dissolved dozens of political parties and placed two major opposition ones under observation late Monday, while the transitional government has yet to announce a date for elections. The West African country has been led by a military regime...

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.

Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's most wanted fugitive, a former senior military officer convicted of crimes against humanity over a 2009 stadium massacre, has been extradited from neighboring Liberia, officials said Thursday. Former Col. Claude Pivi had been on the run following a...