Elite soldiers in junta-ruled Guinea are taking advantage of an anti-corruption drive to rob, extort and beat intimidated civilians in the West African nation with impunity, an international human rights group said Monday.

Two New Guinea tribesmen have filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond falsely accused them of murder and other crimes.

When the planes arrived loaded with cocaine, it was Guinea’s presidential guard that secured the cargo.

It could have been a scene right out of one of his own thrillers. And when his next novel is published, it may very well be.

The new leader of Guinea-Bissau has been sworn in following the assassination of the president a day earlier.

Guinea-Bissau, a tiny country in West Africa, has had a long history of instability and numerous attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974. For 23 of the past 29 years, the country was ruled by President Joao Bernardo Vieira.

A senior official says renegade soldiers have killed Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira, hours after a bomb blast took the life of his rival, the armed forces chief of the fragile West African nation.

A senior official says renegade soldiers have killed Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira, hours after a bomb blast took the life of his rival, the armed forces chief of the fragile West African nation.

Prolonged gunfire has been heard around Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace after a bomb blast killed the chief of the armed forces of the fragile West African nation.

Witnesses say an explosion has rocked the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, wounding at least three soldiers.