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Guinea: Vote count begins after tense election

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Main opposition candidate Diallo suggests President Conde may ‘cheat’ in order to ‘grant himself a presidency for life’.

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4 years ago·United States

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VOA News

Vote Counting Underway in Guinea Presidential Election

Vote counting is underway in Guinea to determine who will be the west African nation’s new president. Sunday’s election, which pitted incumbent President Alpha Conde against opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, was the culmination of months of political unrest over a controversial new constitution that allowed Conde to bypass the two-term limit for the president’s post. Conde became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010 a…

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Al Jazeera

Guinea: Vote count begins after tense election

Main opposition candidate Diallo suggests President Conde may ‘cheat’ in order to ‘grant himself a presidency for life’.

4 years ago·Qatar

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Africa News

Vote Counting Under Way in Guinea’s Presidential Election

Votes are In Polls closed in Guinea's presidential election on Sunday with the vote-counting process beginning immediately after as some 5.4 million people were registered to vote and mobilised at the polls in this year’s high stakes electoral process — which has been intense in light of current president Alpha Condé is seeking a controversial third term. Ibrahim Camara, the head of the polling station in Matam, described the vote turnout, "A…

4 years ago·Pointe- Noire, Congo

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Times Malawi

Guineans set to vote in presidential election

Voters in Guinea will head to the polls on Sunday to elect the country’s next president, in a tense election that comes after months of deadly unrest.Nearly five million voters are eligible to cast ballots in the presidential contest that pits incumbent Alpha Conde against 11 challengers, most notably former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo.Conde, 82, is seeking a controversial third term after pushing through a revamped constitution earlier …

4 years ago·Malawi

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