Editing Guinea (section)

==== Under Touré's rule ====
In 1960, Touré declared the [[Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally|Democratic Party of Guinea]] the country's only legal political party, and for the next 24 years, the government and PDG were one. Touré was re-elected unopposed to four 7-year terms as president, and every 5 years voters were presented with a single list of PDG candidates for the National Assembly.

On 22 November 1970, Portuguese forces from neighbouring [[Portuguese Guinea]] staged [[Operation Green Sea]], a raid on Conakry by several hundred exiled Guinean opposition forces. Among their goals, the Portuguese military wanted to kill or capture Sekou Touré due to his support of [[PAIGC]], an independence movement and rebel group that had carried out attacks inside Portuguese Guinea from their bases in Guinea.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1980 |title=Black revolt |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/1980/11/22/black-revolt |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-10-11 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> After some fighting, the Portuguese-backed forces retreated. Guinea was elected as a non-permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] 1972–73.

In 1977, a declining economy and a ban on all private economic transactions led to the [[Guinean Market Women's Revolt|Market Women's Revolt]], a series of anti-government riots started by women working in Conakry's [[Marché Madina (Conakry)|Madina Market]]. Touré vacillated from supporting the Soviet Union to supporting the United States. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw some economic reforms. After the election of [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] as French president, trade increased and the two countries exchanged diplomatic visits.