Guinea's prime minister announces elections in December 2025

Bah Oury, Prime Minister of Guinea, speaks as he attend a panel during the Africa CEO Forum at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The prime minister of junta-ruled Guinea announced a new date of December 2025 for elections, seeking to reassure investors in a speech at an African business forum on Monday.

Guinea is ruled by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in September 2021, and in 2022 proposed a two-year transition to elections but then did not take steps to organise a vote.