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Guinea
Conakry · Guinean franc (GNF) · ECOWAS
Reference
- Capital
- Conakry
- Currency
- Guinean franc · GNF
- Central bank
- Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (BCRG)
- Regional membership
- ECOWAS — Economic Community of West African States
- Official languages
- French
- Stock exchange
- Not listed here
- Instant payments
- Not listed here
- Regulatory sandbox
- Not listed here
A blank field means the item is not listed on this page, not that it does not exist.
Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $28.3 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- 7.4% · 2025
- Population
- 15.1 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- 3.5% · 2025
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · GNF
- 8790 GNF per US dollar · 2026-08-29
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.
Headlines · 10
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
Africanews
Guinea: France joins calls for transparent investigation into mass grave
The bodies of six men, their hands tied and their eyes blindfolded, were found on Monday by people who had gone into a forest in Forécariah prefecture to collect firewood.
AllAfrica
West Africa: Ecowas Honours Ecomog Commanders, Fallen Journalists in Liberia, Sierra Leone War
[Daily Trust] The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday awarded the Commanders of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, otherwise known as ECOMOG, for restoring peace and unity in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea…
AllAfrica · Guinea
Guinea President Sacks 173 Soldiers for Desertion
[allAfrica] President Mamadi Doumbouya has dismissed 173 military personnel for alleged desertion. This includes Colonel Michel Lamah, a member of the elite Special Forces unit who helped him seize power in the 2021…
The Guardian Africa
Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?
The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means…
AllAfrica · Guinea
Survivors of Guinea's Deadly Landfill Collapse Say Authorities Ignored Warnings
[RFI] Two days after a deadly landfill collapse in Guinea, rescuers are using giant excavators to search for victims. Anger is rising among residents, who say they had warned authorities that the rubbish dump was…
The Guardian Africa
Children make up half of suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads
West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected More than half of the mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau have been among children, local…
AllAfrica · Guinea
Garbage Collapse at Landfill Kills Dozens
[DW] Heavy seasonal rains caused a mound of garbage to collapse, burying dozens of people and nearby homes before the break of dawn.
The Guardian Africa
Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday…