Guinea’s junta leader transitions to elected president of West Africa nation reeling in biting poverty
Yero Baldé, the runner-up who won 6.59 per cent of the vote, had filed a petition accusing the electoral body of manipulating the results in Doumbouya’s favour. But authorities said he withdrew the petition a day before the Supreme Court verdict.
Another election, more suffocation: After neutering opposition, Guinea’s junta leader enters December presidential race
Guinea is one of a growing number of African countries, including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where soldiers who staged coups have consolidated their grip on power and reneged on earlier promises of a quick return to democracy.
