Yes Lionel , events in Guinea picking up pace since Conde...

Yes Lionel , events in Guinea picking up pace since Conde elected , Brazilians it seems also don't want to blocked out esp. by the Chinese as well as by Rio & BHP and the Indians.
Here's an interesting article , with a bit about working to build infrastructre projects by the Brazilians.
These last words from the 64y.o. railway ganger in Liberia reflecting back on the civil war years
"It is a story I don't even want to think about," he says, as he recalls the way he had used homemade carts known as "makeaways" to transport goods from village to village along the track. "There were no brakes. You just looked up to the Lord and told him 'I am coming home.'"

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

http://www.sify.com/finance/special-report-in-africa-can-brazil-be-the-anti-china-news-others-lcxp4kfghij.html

Also the EITI 2011 Conference is on in Paris this week - Wed & Thurs , so no doubt Guinea's position on Simandou will be in the news again. cheers

http://eiti.org/