Stories

Guinea Reaches Historic Mining Agreements

With a third of the world’s reserves of aluminum ore bauxite, the mining sector in Guinea has… read more

BEFORE receives $10,000/month Google Grant

The story of a conflict prevented or a war averted does not receive the attention that an… read more

Navigating the Road to Peace

From February 5th – 7th 2010 clashes between Muslim and Christian groups in N’Zérékoré, Guinea’s third largest… read more

Timeline of BEFORE’s Response in Guinea

For fifty-two years all the ten million people of Guinea could do was hope and wait. Hope… read more

New BEFORE Guinea Peace Workshop Video

As the world watches the events unfold in Guinea, where an estimated 60-168 civilians were killed and… read more

Standing in the Gap – before it’s too late

September was devastating for Guineans. Men in military uniforms, perhaps even from the Presidential Guard, fired on… read more

Guinea: Hope and New Beginnings

25 years. That’s how long Lansana Conte ruled the West African country of Guinea-Conkary. Yet toward the… read more

On the Radio Waves in Guinea-Bissau

The 2009 assassinations of the President and Army Chief of Staff in Guinea-Bissau thankfully did not trigger… read more

My Vote Not for Sale: National Elections Part 2

With a volatile history, politics in Guinea-Bissau can be highly partisan, unstable and even violent. In 2005… read more

Supporting The Press Corps in Guinea-Bissau

What would happen if the press was paid by politicians and didn’t have access to job training?… read more