REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

PRELIMS BITS 

Guinea has successfully eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness.

Political and Geographical Features

• Location: Western Africa, on the Atlantic coast.
• Boundaries: Guinea-Bissau (northwest), Senegal (north), Mali (northeast), Côte d’Ivoire (southeast), and Liberia and Sierra Leone (south).
• Climate: Tropical (hot and humid).
• Mountain Ranges: Nimba, Loma, Fouta Djallon.
• Major Rivers: Niger, Gambia, Bafing, and Bakoye (headwaters of the Senegal River).
• Highest Peak: Mount Nimba.