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Guinea: Losing Candidates Claim Election Fraud
RFI, 4 July 2010
Two candidates squeezed out of the second round of Guinea's presidential election are crying foul. Read more »
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Guinea: Presidential Election Heads for Run-Off
RFI, 3 July 2010
A former prime minister and a veteran opposition campaigner are to face off on 18 July, when Guinea's presidential election goes to a second round. Read more »
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Guinea: Claims of Fraud Ahead of First Polls Results
RFI, 30 June 2010
The first results from the first democratic election in Guinea are expected Wednesday, with some leading candidates alleging irregularities in voting. Read more »
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Guinea: Nation Awaits Election Result
UN News, 28 June 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended Guinea for the successful staging of presidential elections, widely regarded as the first democratic polls in the West African country… Read more »
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Guinea: Hopes for Peace in Presidential Poll
RFI, 27 June 2010
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… Read more »
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Guinea: Nation Yearns for Change With First Free Election
Nation, 27 June 2010
Voters in Guinea went to the polls today, forming long queues for their first chance to freely elect a leader since the coup-prone West African state won independence from France… Read more »
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Guinea: Voters to Choose Leader 'For the First Time Ever'
UNIRIN, 25 June 2010
"Democracy has begun in Guinea," said Mamadou Diallo, 47, who is regaining the use of his hand severed in the September 2009 bloody military crackdown many say was the turning… Read more »
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Guinea: Election Gives Signs of Hope
allAfrica, 25 June 2010
At a moment when the tide of global democracy is seemingly in reverse, it is heartening to note the enthusiasm with which many voters in Africa are participating in campaigns,… Read more »
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Guinea: Voters Speak on Sunday's Election
UNIRIN, 25 June 2010
More than 100 international observers are preparing for the 27 June presidential poll in Guinea, which analysts are signalling as a potential volte-face in the country's… Read more »
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Guinea: Timeline to Elections
UNIRIN, 25 June 2010
Guineans will vote in a presidential election on 27 June seen as the mineral-rich West African country's first chance at elected civilian rule since independence in 1958. Here is a… Read more »