Key Dates in Guinea Since Independence

CONAKRY, GUINEA - Army officers on Sunday staged a coup in Guinea. Here are some key dates in the history of the troubled west African country since independence from France in 1958.

1958: Independence On October 2, 1958, Ahmed Sekou Toure declares independence, a few days after a referendum rejected membership in a Franco-African community proposed by then French leader Charles de Gaulle. Sekou Toure is elected president in January 1961. The country turns socialist in 1967.