Guinea will hold a constitutional referendum in September, four years after a military coup. The junta-led government isn't ...

Authorities have never announced their deployment and they do not appear in official photographs -- but Russian mercenaries in combat fatigues are a daily sight in Equatorial Guinea's capital Malabo.

Since first noticed, most guinea pigs in the colony of approximately 50 animals became pruritic. In the last month, the scratching had become severe, and some young animals had suffered from seizures.