Cellou dalein diallo
Guinea election challenger calls for general strike on Monday
The Constitutional Court on Saturday declared Alpha Conde winner of a controversial third term as president while Cellou Dalein Diallo called for resistance 'by...
Cellou Dalein Diallo said that barricades around the headquarters of his party, the UFDG, and around his offices, remained in place.
Police barricaded Cellou Dalein Diallo inside his home in the capital Conakry last week, after he self-proclaimed victory in 18 October poll, triggering clashes which killed 21 people nationwide.
The announcement was a blow to Guinea's leading opposition figure Cellou Dalein Diallo, who declared victory Monday against incumbent Alpha Conde after suggesting the poll was rigged.
Diallo, 68, made the announcement without waiting for Guinea's electoral authority to publish the official tally from Sunday's race.
Guineans voted Sunday in a poll in which incumbent President Alpha Conde is seeking a third term, following months of protests against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people.
The election caps a tense political campaign marked by insults traded between President Alpha Conde and his leading rival Cellou Dalein Diallo.
Parliamentary elections in Guinea will take place before year-end, President Alpha Conde said on Monday.
Guinea's President has postponed a parliamentary election originally scheduled for July 8, 2012.