Guinea’s main opposition leader has accused the country’s ruling military authorities of attempting to establish a one-party political system after dozens of political parties were dissolved by government decree. Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), criticised the decision after the government of…
Conakry, Guinea – Less than two weeks after being sworn in, Guinea’s new president Mamadi Doumbouya has appointed Amadou Oury Bah as prime minister, reinstating him to the role he previously held under the country’s military junta. Continuity in Leadership Oury, who served as prime minister for nearly two years…
Guinea’s junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya was officially sworn in as president on Saturday, capping a decisive win in December’s presidential election. The inauguration took place at a newly constructed 55,000-seat stadium on the outskirts of Conakry, with African leaders and representatives from the African Union and ECOWAS in attendance.…
Claude Pivi, a former colonel and security minister under Guinea’s then-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, has died in custody, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Pivi, also known as “Coplan,” passed away in a Conakry hospital due to complications related to diabetes, according to the public prosecutor’s office. Pivi was convicted in absentia…
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…