Grand Mosque of Conakry, Islamic center in Conakry, Guinea

The Grand Mosque of Conakry, also called Mosquée Fayçal, stands east of the Conakry Botanical Garden beside Donka Hospital. Its prayer hall seats 10,000 men on the lower level and 2,500 women on the upper level, and the large esplanade outside holds a further 12,500 worshippers. The gardens contain the Camayanne Mausoleum, where Samori Ture, Sékou Touré and Alfa Yaya are buried.

Built between 1979 and 1981 under Ahmed Sékou Touré with funding from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, the mosque opened in 1982. Its chief imam is Elhadj Mamadou Saliou Camara. A Saudi donation of 20 billion GNF in 2003 did not end its lack of maintenance, running water and electricity.

In the mosque gardens stands the Camayenne Mausoleum, where national hero Samori Ture, Guinea's first president Sékou Touré and Alfa Yaya are buried. The chief imam is Elhadj Mamadou Saliou Camara. Visitors can see the tombs in the grounds beside the prayer hall.

The mosque stands east of the Conakry Botanical Garden, beside Donka Hospital, with its large esplanade in front. The building has long suffered from a lack of maintenance, running water and electricity, despite a 20 billion GNF Saudi donation in 2003. Visitors should dress modestly and remove their shoes before entering.

On 2 October 2009, the bodies of 58 victims of the 28 September massacre were laid out on the esplanade in front of the mosque. Mourners and protesters clashed with police, whose tear gas flooded the mosque interior.