Guinea mobilises army as election tally shows Conde victory
With tensions mounting after days of post-vote violence, figures released by the election commission late Thursday showed the 82-year-old incumbent, who is seeking a controversial third term, was the clear leader in Sunday's first round election.
Guinea mobilised the army as the new clashes broke out in the capital Conakry and other cities between security forces and supporters of opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo who claimed victory after accusing the government of "large-scale fraud".
Guinea's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) published a provisional vote tally late Thursday, with ballots counted in 37 out of 38 constituencies. It did not declare a winner, but results showed Conde with more than 2.4 million votes, well ahead of Diallo with 1.2 million. "It is out of the question to accept the false results that the CENI is proclaiming in favour of Alpha Conde," Diallo told...
Guinea has been in a deep political crisis for the past year, with mass protests against Conde's re-election bid violently put down and dozens of people killed by security forces. Since Monday, violence in cities across the country has left around 10 people dead, according to the authorities, while the opposition says 27 people have been killed...In a confused incident, on the outskirts of Conakry on Friday, five people were also killed when a train carrying fuel was attacked after the rail tracks were sabotaged.