Guinea

- AFG Bank Guinée and Proparco signed a €60 million deal to finance SMEs in Guinea's mining-dependent economy. - Guinean opposition leader Aliou Bah was released after nearly two years in prison following a presidential pardon. - Former Guinean Prime Minister Sidya Touré, who had been living in exile in Ivory Coast since a coup, will be buried there after his death in Paris. - The Food and Agriculture Organization calls for stronger REDD+ systems to help African countries access climate finance. - Guinea-Bissau is under military-backed transition with political instability and a single-commodity economy.