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In Guinea, the Electoral Commission on Wednesday night announced new partial results for Sunday's presidential election. Preliminary results at the national level are not yet known for this election, which has been followed by violence in Conakry and other cities in the country in recent days. With our special correspondent in…

Guineans voted for a president on Sunday, with 82-year-old incumbent Alpha Condé dealing with his longtime rival Cellou Dalein Diallo for the third time. The election of Guinea - the primary in a string of West Africa - adopted a tense marketing campaign marked by insults traded between President Alpha Condé and his main…

The presidential campaign on October 18 opened two weeks ago amid a climate of concern after months of tension caused by the inclusion of the established Alpha Condé for a controversial third term. In Labé then in Dalaba, the convoy of the Prime Minister, campaign director of Condé, Kassory Fofana, was thrown from stone, the government said in a statement. What the UFDG, the main opposition party for Cellou Dalein Diallo, denies. Right in his shoes, Security Minister Albert Damantang Camara says the procession of Prime…