Republic of Guinea Armed Forces

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The Guinean Armed Forces are the armed forces of Guinea. They are responsible for the territorial security of Guinea's border and the defence of the country against external attack and aggression.

A Guinean soldier translates for other soldiers during a joint U.S.-Guinean exercise, 2005.

Guinean Special Forces soldiers conduct weapons range training for both close quarters rifle and sniper skills during FLINTLOCK 20

Guinean Armed Forces clear an urban structure during Flintlock 20 near Nouakchott, Mauritania (2020).

Ahmed Sékou Touré

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

Touré in 1962

Samori Ture was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state in present-day Guinea that resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898.

Sékou Touré in 1958

Sékou Touré visiting Yugoslavia in 1961