Guinea
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...
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Guinea court declares Alpha Conde elected president
At 59.5%, Conde's support was above the absolute majority needed to win in the first round, judges found, throwing out challenges to the October 18 ballot from figures including his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo.
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Losing candidates in Guinea reject vote result, demos to resume
One of the losing candidates, Makale Traore, pointed to "serious irregularities recorded before, during and after the vote," including "substitutions and falsifications" of the results.
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Guinea opposition chief says blockade of home lifted
Cellou Dalein Diallo said that barricades around the headquarters of his party, the UFDG, and around his offices, remained in place.
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UN, African nations urge Guinea to end blockade of opposition chief
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.
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Guinea announces partial vote tally amid post-election violence
In a broadcast statement, the president of the electoral authority Kabinet Cisse read out results from 16 constituencies, out of 38, in the West African nation.
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Three dead as Guinea hit by post-election violence
The unrest follows a high-stakes presidential election on Sunday, in which President Alpha Conde ran for a third term in a controversial bid that had already sparked mass protests in the West African country.
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African monitors back Guinea electoral process, opposition claims victory
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.
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Guinea opposition leader declares victory in presidential poll
Diallo, 68, made the announcement without waiting for Guinea's electoral authority to publish the official tally from Sunday's race.
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Election dispute looms in Guinea after tense poll
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.
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Guineans elect president in test vote for democracy
The election caps a tense political campaign marked by insults traded between President Alpha Conde and his leading rival Cellou Dalein Diallo.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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Guinea president calls for peaceful election
Addressing cheering supporters in the capital Conakry, Alpha Conde suggested that warnings of violence in the poor nation amounted to opposition provocations.
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Amnesty denounces Guinea's lethal protest crackdown
At least 50 people were killed during protests against President Alpha Conde between October 2019 and July 2020 in the West African state, the rights group said in a report.
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Guinea and Togo extend COVID-19 restrictions
Guinea imposed nationwide measures on 26 March that have been repeatedly rolled over since then.
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Guinea's Conde accepts nomination to seek third term
Conde, who was first elected in 2010, pushed through a change to the constitution that was approved by a referendum in March that was boycotted by the opposition.
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Guinea ruling party urges President Alpha Conde to run for third term
Conde, 82, was elected president in 2010 and again in 2015. And under Guinea's constitution, presidents may only serve two terms.
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Guinea PM pitches for Conde at party election convention
Guinean Prime Minister Kassory Fofana on Wednesday proclaimed his support for President Alpha Conde at a party convention likely to confirm whether he runs for a third term in office, a scenario that has stirred bloody protests in the West African state.
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Guinean group files graft lawsuit in France against Conde
The announcement was made amid speculation that President Alpha Conde this week will be named a candidate in upcoming elections - a scenario that has sparked fierce protests in the West African country.
