After much deliberation, increasing tension and encouragement from the international community, Guinea’s Supreme Court, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), interim National Unity Government and presidential candidates have agreed on a run-off presidential election date: September 19, after the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan and the rainy season peak.
Under the country’s constitution, the run-off election [...]
Prevention can be tricky – sometimes the more success and impact you have, the less happens.
But when you’re working in a country where the government has done little to invest in its people and infrastructure, work to prevent conflict builds key social foundations at the same time.
This has been the case of BEFORE’s work with [...]
Guinea moved one step closer toward lasting stability as the official results of its historic presidential election were released on July 2nd by the Guinea National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI). Out of the 24 candidates that ran for president, two long-standing figures in Guinean politics came out on top: former Prime Minister under the late [...]
Read more...On Sunday, June 27th the people of Guinea did something they had never done before in their country’s 52-year history: go to the polls to elect a president in multi-party elections. An estimated 80% of registered voters turned out, with turnout being particularly high among women. Given that just seven months ago many analysts were [...]
Read more...Elections give people the opportunity to affect positive change by allowing them to choose their own governing officials. However, elections also open the door to uncertainty and shifts in power, and as such they can be flash points for violence. With its history of violent clashes over political power, the June 2010 presidential elections in [...]
Read more...From February 5th – 7th 2010 clashes between Muslim and Christian groups in N’Zérékoré, Guinea’s third largest city in the critical southeast forest region, left one person dead, two missing and 29 – 55 injured. Fears that tensions between Muslims and Christians would rise and become a potentially dangerous factor in the [...]
Read more...BEFORE, in partnership with the Guinea Ministry for the National Promotion of Solidarity for Women and Children and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), launched the Guinea Caravan of Reconciliation, National Unity and Peace to foster a climate of social and political peace among women in the lead up to the country’s first multi-party [...]
Read more...On September 28th, 2009 hundreds of women and girls were subjected to individual and gang rape and sexual assault by the Guinean Security Forces in broad daylight. Women were threatened with sticks, rifle butts, and bayonets and kicked, pummeled with fists, and beaten before, during, and after the sexual assaults.
After months of international diplomacy [...]
On June 27, 2010 Guineans head to the polls to elect a president in the first potentially free and fair elections in the West African country’s history. As a part of a multi-faceted elections preparation strategy, BEFORE, together with International Alert, the Mediation Support Project, a joint venture between swisspeace and the Center for Security [...]
Read more...When: Saturday, March 27, 2010
What: Radio story on BEFORE’s Presentation of Reflections on Guinea’s Parliament and Judicial System
Where: Radio KanKan
In late March 2010, BEFORE presented two papers on Guinea’s Parliament, called the National Assembly, and Supreme Court to Guinean government officials.
Prime Minister Jean-Marie Doré, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Francophone Africa, [...]
