Guinea’s Junta Leader Mamadi Doumbouya Declares Presidential Bid Despite Earlier Pledge to Step Aside

Guinea’s transitional leader, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, has formally submitted his candidacy for the country’s December 2025 presidential election, defying an earlier commitment not to seek office following the September 2021 military coup that brought him to power. Doumbouya, who has served as both interim president and head of the junta…