Elizabeth Raspolic: United States Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., Republic of Guinea Elizabeth Raspolic is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service. During her Department of State career, she served in France, the Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Burkina Faso and as Ambassador to Gabon where she was also accredited to Sao Tome & Principe.  Since her retirement, she has worked for the Department of State as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., in Guinea, Ghana, Malawi and Mozambique.

The American Reading Room in Kankan: This library provides a wide variety of resources to the students of the university, as well as to members of the Kankan community in general.  Thanks to the strong collaboration between the Embassy and the university, the community has free access to the internet, to newspapers and magazines, as well as to a range of books in both English and French.

Area: 245,860 sq. km. (95,000 sq. mi.), about the size of Oregon.
Cities: Capital--Conakry. Other cities--Kankan, Kamsar, Boké, Kindia, N'Zérékoré, Macenta, Mamou, Faranah, Siguiri, Dalaba, Labe, Guéckédou, Pita.
Terrain: Generally flat along the coast and mountainous in the interior. The country's four geographic regions include a narrow coastal belt; pastoral highlands (the source of West Africa's major rivers); the northern savanna; and the southeastern rain forest.
Climate: Tropical.