Regional Information-
Capital CityConakry
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Regional Relationshipsconflicts among rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in neighboring states have spilled over into Guinea, resulting in domestic instability; Sierra Leone considers Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa rivers excessive and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands, including the hamlet of Yenga, occupied since 1998
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements -
Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
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Climate Tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
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