The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, where much of the gold used to make the coins originated. In 2009 the government of Guinea gave the northern half of Simandou to BSGRIn April 2014 the Guinean government cancelled the company's mining rights in Simandou. Men and women are at nearly equal risk for HIV, with young people aged 15 to 24 most vulnerable. Exchange rates have been allowed to float, price controls on gasoline have been loosened, and government spending has been reduced while tax collection has been improved. They include unprotected sex, multiple sexual partners, illiteracy, endemic poverty, unstable borders, refugee migration, lack of civic responsibility, and scarce medical care and public services.Malnutrition is a serious problem for Guinea. On 22 November 1970, Portuguese forces from neighboring A declining economy, mass killings, a stifling political atmosphere, and a ban on all private economic transactions led in 1977 to the "Sékou Touré died on 26 March 1984 after a heart operation in the United States, and was replaced by Prime Minister Conté immediately denounced the previous regime's record on human rights, released 250 political prisoners and encouraged approximately 200,000 more to return from exile. Top In January 2005, Conté survived a suspected assassination attempt while making a rare public appearance in the capital In 2000 Guinea became embroiled in the instability which had long blighted the rest of On 3 December 2009, an aide shot Camara during a dispute about the rampage of September 2009.
French domination was assured by the defeat in 1898 of the armies of France negotiated Guinea's present boundaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the British for The other French colonies chose the former but Guinea — under the leadership of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was hostile to Touré, so the African nation quickly turned to the Soviet Union—making it the Kremlin's first success story in Africa. The bulk of diamonds are mined The majority of Guineans work in the agriculture sector, which employs approximately 75% of the country. The survey showed that 139,200 children suffer from acute malnutrition, 609,696 from chronic malnutrition and further 1,592,892 suffer from anemia. Meanwhile, the country's roads, railways and other infrastructure languished and the economy stagnated. The land that is Guinea today has been a part of different West African empires over its history. Touré's government relied on the Soviet Union and China for infrastructure aid and development but much of this was used for political and not economic purposes (such as the building of large stadiums to hold political rallies). Despite the opening in 2005 of a new road connecting Guinea and Mali, most major roadways remain in poor repair, slowing the delivery of goods to local markets.
After the fall of the major West African empires, various kingdoms existed in what is now Guinea: Futa Jallon Fulani Muslims migrated to Fouta Jallon in Central Guinea and established an Islamic state from 1735 to 1898 with a written constitution and alternate rulers. The guinea was a coin of approximately one-quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814. In September 2011, Guinea adopted a new mining code. During the European colonial period France took control of the land. The Soumba cascade at the foot of Mount Kakoulima in Kindia, Voile de la Mariée (bride's veil) in Dubreka, the Kinkon cascades that are about 80 m (260 ft) high on the Kokoula River in the prefecture of Pita, the Kambadaga falls that can reach 100 m (330 ft) during the rainy season on the same river, the Ditinn & Mitty waterfalls in Dalaba, and the Fetoré waterfalls and the stone bridge in the region of Labe are among the most well-known water-related tourist sites. Samori Toure was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state in present-day Guinea that resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until Touré's capture in 1898. Alcoa and Alcan are proposing a slightly smaller refinery worth about $1.5 billion. Touré was reelected unopposed to four seven-year terms as president, and every five years voters were presented with a single list of PDG candidates for the National Assembly.
What is now Guinea was on the fringes of the major After the fall of the major West African empires, various kingdoms existed in what is now Guinea. In Guinea the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 1 and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 26.An estimated 170,000 adults and children were infected at the end of 2004.HIV is spread primarily through multiple-partner heterosexual intercourse. This is compared with 859.9 in 2008 and 964.7 in 1990. Among the top attractions are the waterfalls found mostly in the Basse Guinee (Lower Guinea) and Moyenne Guinee (Middle Guinea) regions.
Hafia FC won the Polygamy is generally prohibited by law in Guinea, but there are exceptions.Like other West African countries, Guinea has a rich musical tradition. Guinea, under the name French Guinea, was a part of French West Africa until it achieved independence in 1958. For the next 24 years, the government and the PDG were one. The under 5 mortality rate, per 1,000 births is 146 and the neonatal mortality as a percentage of under 5's mortality is 29. The population of Guinea comprises about 24 ethnic groups.