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From Koundara to Kankan

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August 17th 2006
At this point I am a little behind on the blogging, but will do my best to catch up here. I am backdating the entry to because I don't want to skip writing about Guinea although at this point we have been in Ivory Coast for several days. Alright, we left Guinea Bissau I think on August 12 and headed for Guinea Conakry, which I will refer to as Guinea. I had started to get a cold the day bef ... read more

Africa » Guinea

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Guinea has had only two presidents since gaining its independence from France in 1958. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984, when the military seized the government after the death of the first president, Sekou TOURE. Guinea did not hold democratic el... ... read more