Guinea

In Guinea, the polling stations for the presidential election were to close on Sunday, October 18 at 18 local time. Outgoing President Alpha Condé, 82, is seeking a third term following the controversial adoption of a new constitution. In all, nearly 5.5 million voters were called to the polls to choose from among the twelve candidates.…

Twelve candidates are in attendance, including outgoing President Alpha Condé seeking a contested third term and his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. The most important elements of this choice. as reported from Conakry,Moctar BahThe polls opened Sunday morning in Conakry, where our correspondent Carol Valade follows the progress of the vote, as in Kankan, the…

Guineans are called to the polls tomorrow Sunday to elect the next president of the republic. In the current, outgoing President Alpha Condé, candidate for a third term after the controversial adoption of a new constitution. In front of him, eleven competitors, including his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Everything seemed clear, but on the eve of the election, some members of the Independent…

At age 68, Cellou Dalein Diallo is running for Guinea's presidential election for the third time. This former technocrat, compromise supporter, once prime minister of former president Lansana Conté, has become one of the biggest opponents of power in place. He hopes, this time, to win the vote against the outgoing head of state, Alpha Condé, whose candidacy for a third term is contested.…

At 82, the current head of state is running in the presidential election on October 18 to run for a third term following the controversial adoption of a new constitution in March last year. From historical opponent to presidents Sékou Touré, then Lansana Conté to president of the Republic of Guinea, a look back at the career of a man with multiple and sometimes conflicting facets.…

As Guinea's presidential election on October 18 approaches, the twelve candidates continue, as do the two favorites, outgoing President Alpha Condé and his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Twelve candidates and each has his method. Example in Upper Guinea, stronghold of outgoing President Alpha Condé. There, its activists have mainly carried out outreach campaigns. Alpha Cabinet Camara enters each concession in the Dalako district, reports our special correspondent in Kankan, Bineta Diagne. This activist from the…

RFI is in a special edition, 48 hours after the Guinean presidential election, which is to take place on Sunday, October 18, 2020. This Friday is the last day of the campaign, with the home stretching to convince voters. And if twelve candidates run in this election, the battle will be played between two men, Alpha Condé, the head of state aiming for a third term, and Cellou Dalein Diallo, the historic…

While waiting for the announced return of the opposition leader until Thursday, October 15, in Conakry, his wife Hadja Halimatou Dalein Diallo, a very committed activist, organized a huge carnival in Conakry. Other parties have done the same on the outskirts of the Guinean capital. It's a show of strength, like the wife of the leader of the main opposition party organized on Wednesday in the streets of Dixinn near the suburbs of Conakry. In the ranks of the UFDG, the militants firmly believe that this time they will see…

The Stanford Internet Observatory, a US research institute on disinformation and abuse on the Internet, looked at about 100 Facebook pages linked to the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée, the ruling party or its supporters. According to'Stanford Internet Observatory study, Facebook pages linked to RPG or its followers will not promote "transparent political life or fair elections". The proliferation of accounts, automation techniques, and the use of advertising would create the illusion of "massive and spontaneous…

The President of the Republic, who's a candidate for a 3rd presidential time period this Sunday, continues his tour within the inside of the nation. After Forest Guinea Alpha Condé gained on Tuesday, October 13, the area of Higher Guinea thought-about its occasion's bastion as RPG. With our particular correspondent in Kankan,…