2024 in Guinea
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Events in the year 2024 in Guinea.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Mamady Doumbouya
- Prime Minister: Bernard Goumou (until February 19); Bah Oury (since February 27)
Events
[edit]- February 19 - The National Committee of Reconciliation and Development (CNRD) orders the dissolution of the interim government.[1]
- February 25 - ECOWAS lifts the sanctions it imposed on Guinea following the 2021 Guinean coup d'état.[2]
- February 26 - An open-ended general strike is declared by the main trade union confederation demanding the release of Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (SPPG) secretary general Sékou Jamal Pendessa, the lowering of food prices and an end to censorship, leading to a shutdown in Conakry.[3] Two people are killed during clashes with security forces.[4]
- February 27 - The CNRD appoints former opposition leader Bah Oury as prime minister.[5]
- July 31 - A court in Conakry convicts former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara of crimes against humanity over the killings of 157 people in the 2009 Guinean protests and sentences him to 20 years' imprisonment.[6]
- August 1 - A criminal court in Guinea sentences former president and military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity while suppressing the opposition rally in Conakry in 2009.[7]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[8]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 6 April - Qadr Night
- 10 April - Korité
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 25 May - Africa Day
- 16 June – Tabaski
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 2 October - Independence Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Guinea's military junta dissolves govt as transition set to end this year". Africanews. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "West African bloc ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Guinea, Mali". France 24. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Guinea capital brought to standstill by general strike against junta". Le Monde. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Two people shot dead as Guinea protest turns bloody". Al Jazeera. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Guinea appoints former opposition leader Mamadou Oury Bah as prime minister". France 24. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Guinea court sentences former junta leader to 20 years in prison over 2009 stadium massacre". Associated Press. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Guinea court jails ex-military leader Camara for crimes against humanity". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Guinea Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
