AGP Executive Report
Last update: 22 minutes agoDiplomacy: President Mamadi Doumbouya appointed former transport minister Mohamed Keita as Guinea’s ambassador to Russia. Keita previously held the post from 2011 to 2021; the appointment comes ahead of the Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28–29. Simandou Project: Doumbouya joined the first passenger train on Guinea’s Trans-Guinean Railway, which ran from Morebaya to Mamou on October 12. The government says the $17 billion project should help spread economic gains beyond iron ore exports. Nimba Iron Ore: U.S. lobbying disclosures show Ivanhoe Atlantic pressed for support for Guinea’s Nimba deposit and rail access through Liberia to deep-water ports, presenting the project as important to critical-material supply and U.S. competitiveness with China.
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