Guinea: Hopes for Peace in Presidential Poll

Polls have opened in Guinea with a warning from current leader General Sékouba Konaté that post-election violence will not be tolerated. The presidential poll is being hailed as the first democratic election in the country, which won independence from France in 1958.

After clashes between supporters during the last week of the campaign, interim leader General Sékouba Konaté summoned all 24 candidates to the presidential palace and told them to accept the result without violence.

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