"Guinea is holding a presidential election in which incumbent military leader General Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in a 2021 coup, is widely anticipated to secure victory. Some 6.7 million registered voters will go to the polls, which opened at 07:00 GMT on Sunday and will close at 18:00 GMT. list of 4 itemsend of list The former special forces commander, aged 41, faces eight other candidates in the election, as ousted President Alpha Conde and longtime opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo remain in exile."
"The opposition has called for a boycott of the vote in the mineral-rich country where 52 percent of the population lives in poverty, according to World Bank figures. While long blighted by coups, Guinea experienced a democratic transition with the November 2010 election of Alpha Conde, the country's first freely elected president. Doumbouya overthrew him in September 2021. Officials set up a ballot box at a polling station in Conakry [Patrick Meinhardt/AFP] Under Doumbouya, Guinea effectively reverted to what it has essentially known since independence in 1958: authoritarian regimes, whether civilian or military, Gilles Yabi, founder of the West African think tank Wathi, told the AFP news agency."
Guinea is holding a presidential election with about 6.7 million registered voters, polling from 07:00 to 18:00 GMT. Incumbent military leader General Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, faces eight challengers and is widely anticipated to win. Ousted president Alpha Conde and opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo remain in exile, and the opposition has called for a boycott. Civil society groups and the United Nations report bans on protests, curbed press freedom, intimidation of opposition actors, and apparent enforced disappearances. Provisional results could be announced within two days. The country is mineral-rich and has high poverty levels.
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