Coup leader expected to stay in power in Guinea presidential vote


FILE PHOTO: Guinean leader Mamadi Doumbouya waves after submitting his candidacy at the Supreme Court ahead of the presidential election scheduled for December 28, in Conakry, Guinea, November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Dec 24 (Reuters) - Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya is expected ‌to coast to victory in a presidential election on Sunday, buoyed by the launch of a long-awaited iron ore mega-mine and ‌weak competition from a fragmented field of challengers.

Four years ago, Doumbouya, then a special forces commander, ousted President Alpha Conde ‌in one of nine coups that have roiled West and Central Africa since 2020.

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