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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Guinea

Another sub-Saharan country that has a history of numerous coups and many poor people. Guinea has one of the highest concentrations of minerals for an African country. This has resulted in the country being pillaged for its riches by foreign countries. At the end of 2010 Guinea was able to have a fair and equal election which means this country is on the road to recovery.

Continent: Africa
Population: 10,050,000
HDI Rank: 170th
Neighbors: North - Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Mali, South - Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d' Ivorie

Guinea Coastline

Market in capital city Conakry

Niger River in the Savannah

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19 comments:

  1. edFebruary 20, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    conflict diamonds is such a sad situation, too bad not much people care

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  2. cooperlifeFebruary 20, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    the road to recovery looks like it's jammed with traffic.

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  3. GFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    too many people with a vested interest meddling in their economy - imo

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    The Coastline looks amazing.

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  5. Electric AddictFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    thanks :)

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  6. MattFebruary 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Wow, the traffic in the market looks a lot like my commute to work!

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  7. metalpark_73189February 21, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Praying for this country to get better.

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  8. FourraFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    amazing, come check out my blog about brussels, pretty amazing you'll see,
    keep up the good work brother

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I think you could say Sub-Saharan Africa and the coups and poverty are implied. But yeah, the pillaging has a lot to do with the IMF, World Bank, and their criminal national loan programs.

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  10. synoptixsFebruary 21, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    their populated areas are so crowded!

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  11. RoloFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    LOL, way to rip off the flag Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, Guinea.

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  12. UnknownFebruary 21, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Wow, that traffic is intense! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. GarthFebruary 21, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    hopefully they are on the road to recovery.

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  14. Joseph WhiteFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    Interesting, hope they get better, keep spreading the word. Following

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  15. Aaron M. GipsonFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    I've always confused Guinea and Ghana for some reason...

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  16. ScottDFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    look at all the cabs

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  17. Epic FitnessFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    It's always helpful to have some worldly knowledge.

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  18. BruceFebruary 27, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    cheers

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  19. Carmen Troncoso BaezaMarch 4, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    Your blog is very interesting, I think there are many countries, that nobody in the United Nations worries about it.

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