Communist Insurgency in the Guinean Islands
The Communist Rebellion in the Guinea Islands refers to the conflict between the Government Forces of the Guinea Islands and the Communist Party of the Guinea Islands and its satellite groups.
The rebellion began three years after the Guinean Restoration of 1982 when the ruling Communist Government was overthrown in a Royalist coup seeking to restore democracy and the monarchy. After the incumbent monarch, George Edward was installed, the Communist Party refused to recognize the new government and demanded repayments for the damage caused by the war. In 1985, the Communist Party declared the government as Persona non grata and declared war with the aim of restoring Communist rule. It remains as the longest Communist insurrection in the world.
The rebellion began losing its strength when in 2011, during the early months of the premiership of George Nielson, when his government introduced the Reintroduction Act of 2011, in which Communist insurgents who surrendered would be reintegrated into the Guinean society through a series of programs that included the giving of land ownership and the opportunity to create a microbusiness or be given a managerial job in both public and private sectors. From its introduction until the end of Nielson's term in 2017, more than 50,000 insurgents surrendered to the government, which comprised of nearly 2/3rds of the rebellion's strength. By the premiership of Rukuriri Bishop, the Communist rebellion's strength went down to just 5000 fighters throughout Guinea. The last of the rebels surrendered in 17 November 2018, following the arrest of Jeonjola Simeon in Kakoda. A handful of communist resistance remained until in 20 December 2019, when the final surviving Communist leaders finally surrendered to the government.
The execution of Jeonjola Simeon in 12 December 2020 would mark the end of all Communist rebellions and movements in the Guinea Islands.