Biography of guinea conakry news 2015

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Some key dates in Guinea's history:

What is now Guinea was on the fringes of key West African empires.

300-1100 - The Ghana Empire. During this period Islam arrives in the region via North African traders.

12th Century - After the collapse of the Ghana Empire, the Sosso Empire flourishes.

13th-15th Century - The Mali Empire defeats the Sosso ruler Soumangourou Kanté at the Battle of Kirina, in c. 1235.

15th Century - Mali Empire is ultimately supplanted by its vassal states.

1460s - The Songhai Empire surpasses the Mali Empire in both territory and wealth. It is riven by civil war in the 1580s and is conquered by invaders from Morocco but then splits into smaller kingdoms.

After the fall of some of the West African empires, various kingdoms existed in what is now Guinea.

17th Century - European traders arrive

1850s - Increasing French military activity in the region.

1891 - France declares Guinea to be a colony, separate from Senegal.

1898 - French forces defeat the armies of Samori Touré, Mansa (or Emperor) of the Ouassoulou state, giving France control of what today is Guinea and adjacent areas.

1958 - Guinea becomes independent, with Ahmed Sekou Toure as president.

2003 - President Lansana Conte wins a thir

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Guinea profile - Timeline

2013 May - Parliamentary elections delayed again.

2013 September - President Conde's Rally of the Guinean People comes out ahead in long overdue parliamentary elections. International observers note irregularities and opposition parties allege fraud, but the result is upheld by the Supreme Court.

2014 February - Outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in southern Guinea. It spreads to neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia, killing more than 600 by mid-July.

2014 August - The World Health Organisation says the spread of Ebola in west Africa is an international public health emergency, and calls for a coordinated response.

2014 September - President Obama announces that 3,000 US military personnel are being sent to west Africa to build new health facilities and to train health workers, as part of efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic.

The World Bank warns that the Ebola outbreak could have a catastrophic effect on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

2015 February - After brief respite in January, Guinea, along with Sierra Leone and Liberia, reports rise in new cases of Ebola.

2015 April - Mass protests in Conakry over the timetable for presidential and local elections.

2015 October - President Conde wins a secon