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Conakry (Sosso: Kɔnakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population was estimated in 2009 at 1,667,864. Originally situated on Tombo Island, one of the Îles de Los, it has since spread up the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula.
The current population of Conakry is difficult to ascertain, although the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs has estimated it at 2 million. Conakry is thought to contain almost a quarter of the population of Guinea.
According to a legend, the name of the city comes from the fusion of the name "Cona", a wine producer of the Baga people, and the word "nakiri", which means in Sosso the other bank or side.
Conakry was originally settled on the small Tombo Island and later spread to the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula, a 36-kilometer (22 mi) long stretch of land 0.2 to 6 kilometers (660 to 19,690 ft) wide. The city was essentially founded after Britain ceded the island to France in 1887. In 1885 the two island villages of Conakry and Boubinet had fewer than 500 inhabitants. Conakry became the capital of French Guinea in 1904 and prospered as an export port, particularly after a railway (now closed) to Kankan opened up the interior of the country for the large-scale export of groundnut.
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Pirate attacks remain a threat in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa. That is despite countries in the region stepping up their joint efforts. Nigeria is one of the countries cracking down on piracy. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Lagos, Nigeria. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #GulfOfGuineaPiracy #WestAfricaPiracy #AlJazeeraEnglish
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Guinea, Conakry was one of the countries largely affected by the Ebola outbreak of 2014… a country that once had a thriving tourism industry… months after West Africa was declared Ebola free and airline companies like Ethiopian airlines resuming flights to the capital… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/05/guinea-conakry-tourism-after-ebola-the-grand-angle Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Environmental groups say Chinese boats are decimating West Africa's fish stocks and fishing communities in the Gulf of Guinea. Gulf of Guinea nations this year banded together to crack down on illegal fishing. Henry Wilkins reports from Grand Popo, Benin. Originally published at - https://www.voanews.com/a/gulf-of-guinea-countries-join-forces-to-stop-illegal-chinese-fishing/6873046.html » Subscribe to VOA News: https://bit.ly/3KIPysi » Watch more VOA News video: https://www.youtube.com/c/VOANews Voice of America (VOA) is the largest U.S. international broadcaster, providing news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 236.8 million people. VOA produces content for digital, television, and radio platforms. It is easily accessed via your mobile phone an...
The International Maritime Bureau has warned that sea pirates have a new target -- the Gulf of Guinea. The agency says while attacks off the Somali coast have dropped sharply, they're surging off the West African coastline -- especially in Nigeria. CCTV's Deji Badmus looks at why the threat of piracy has risen in the area and what authorities are doing to combat it.
The Gulf of Guinea is one of the most dangerous waterways in the world. But risks of piracy and kidnapping are no longer the only problems mariners face. Now there is an increasing number of sunken and abandoned ships obstructing traffic in the region. Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from Lagos, Nigeria, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #NigeriaShipwreck #GulfofGuinea
Conakry (Sosso: Kɔnakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population was estimated in 2009 at 1,667,864. Originally situated on Tombo Island, one of the Îles de Los, it has since spread up the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula.
The current population of Conakry is difficult to ascertain, although the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs has estimated it at 2 million. Conakry is thought to contain almost a quarter of the population of Guinea.
According to a legend, the name of the city comes from the fusion of the name "Cona", a wine producer of the Baga people, and the word "nakiri", which means in Sosso the other bank or side.
Conakry was originally settled on the small Tombo Island and later spread to the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula, a 36-kilometer (22 mi) long stretch of land 0.2 to 6 kilometers (660 to 19,690 ft) wide. The city was essentially founded after Britain ceded the island to France in 1887. In 1885 the two island villages of Conakry and Boubinet had fewer than 500 inhabitants. Conakry became the capital of French Guinea in 1904 and prospered as an export port, particularly after a railway (now closed) to Kankan opened up the interior of the country for the large-scale export of groundnut.