Guinea

The bauxite and gold sectors are attracting strong investor interest amid improving political stability

The president returns with a stronger mandate than before, but now needs to bridge schisms

Alleged electoral misconduct is combining with ethnic tensions to produce potentially explosive politics

Guinea has held its second presidential election since independence, but this time the president has a track record

Oppositon candidates have agreed to participate in the upcoming poll, but violence risks are far from over

The illicit timber trade is depriving states of substantial revenues, but forms only part of deforestation pressures

The government has reached a deal with the opposition which addresses some, but not all, of the latter's concerns

The president's electoral pledges rely on a resurgence in the country's stumbling mining industry