CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea President Alpha Conde promised on Tuesday to tackle corruption among senior officials during his third term, with policies aimed at helping the poor in the minerals-rich ...

To critics, he is an addition to Africa's long list of autocrats, but Guinea's 81-year-old president, Alpha Conde, says he is simply enacting his vision of hauling the country into the 21st century.

There are reports that Guinea's President Alpha Condé has been held hostage by soldiers, amid insinuations of a coup in the West African country. Guinea's Defence Minister has however said the coup ...