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Ahmed Sékou Touré

President of Guinea from 1958 to 1984

Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He died in the United States in 1984.

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Before the African Union: Diallo Telli and the Unfinished Architecture of African Unity

Sixty years after the Organisation of African Unity was founded, the African Union has a parliament, a peace council and the world's largest free trade area by membership…

19 Oct 2026

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