US EditionGuinea’s Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader
Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya won 86.7% of the vote in December’s election held under a new constitution that allowed military leaders to run and extended the presidential term to seven years.
- On Saturday, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in as president in Conakry after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier pledge.
- Doumbouya seized power in a 2021 military coup and then ran under a new constitution that revoked the ban on military leaders and extended the presidential mandate.
- The inauguration drew African leaders and representatives of the African Union Commission and ECOWAS Commission in a brand-new stadium in the suburbs of Conakry, with many supporters including Rokiatou Kaba attending.
- Authorities are banking on the Simandou iron ore project, three quarters Chinese-owned, to create thousands of jobs and attract investment in education and health after production began late last year.
- Observers note concerns about democratic norms alongside urgent humanitarian needs as critics accuse Doumbouya of clamping down on opposition in a country where half of the 15 million population faces poverty and food insecurity, according to the World Food Program.
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Guinea's junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya sworn in as president
Junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in Saturday as president of Guinea after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier promise not to present himself as a candidate.
Mamadi Doumbouya has led Guinea with an iron hand since a coup d'état in 2021.
General Mamadi Doumbouya was invested on Saturday President of Guinea in a stadium in Conakry, in front of about 50,000 people, putting an end to his role as leader of the transition after having taken power by force more than four years ago. Mr. Doumbouya, praised on 28 December with 86.72% of the votes in the presidential election, appeared amaigray but visibly in good shape during the ceremony, which lasted several hours. Aimed at a large tra…
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