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Guinea’s President Alpha Condé has gained 59.49 p.c of the vote in a extremely controversial election, searching for a controversial third time period, in response to preliminary outcomes introduced by the nation’s electoral authority on Saturday.
His major rival, opposition politician Cellou Dalein Diallo – who claimed victory earlier than the outcomes had been introduced – acquired 33.5 p.c of the vote, in response to the election authority.
Police had been out in drive within the capital Conakry in the course of the announcement, an AFP journalist mentioned after days of post-election violence through which a minimum of 9 folks had been killed.
A lot of the controversy in Guinea is a couple of third time period for Conde, 82.
In March, the president pushed via a brand new structure that he claimed would modernize the nation. But it surely additionally allowed him to avoid a two-term restrict for presidents.
Safety forces suppressed mass protests towards the transfer from October final yr, killing dozens of individuals.
Diallo, 68, was the president’s major rival within the October 18 presidential election and performed an important function in organizing opposition to a 3rd time period for Condé.
He declared himself victorious the day after election day – referring to outcomes that his activists had gathered from the person polling stations.
Opponents of the opposition are deeply suspicious of the independence of Guinea’s electoral authority, though the federal government insists the electoral course of is honest.
(AFP)
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