Guinea is set to vote on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would permit junta leader Mamady Doumbouya to run for president, something he vowed not to do when he seized power four years ago. The new constitution would lengthen the presidential term from five years to seven, renewable once, and create a Senate. "We need a vote so Guinea can be governed by a constitution, a first step towards normalising the country." "I won't vote because the process isn't transparent," said Abdoulaye Diallo, a resident of Hamdallaye, also in Conakry. "You can't talk about voting in Guinea without the main parties.

Source: bd News24 September 17, 2025 16:54 UTC