In the news: Alpha Condé's third presidential term contested by the opposition

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Alpha Condé during his last campaign meeting on October 16, 2020 in Conakry.

REUTERS / Sadak Souici

By: Johanne Burgell

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“ 

What was Cellou Dalein Diallo hoping for?

 ”

L'Observateur Paalga

launches this morning

in Burkina Faso, who is wondering what will this day be like in Guinea?

 The government has requisitioned the army to maintain order, while the opposition is calling for demonstrations across the country today.

 "And the newspaper continues:" 

So we take the same and we continue the dramatic soap opera of a political crisis that has not ceased to mourn Guinea for many months.

Thus, 18 new stiffs came to increase the liabilities of 97 victims killed by gunshot since Alpha Condé subscribed to the game of massacre of political alternation,

continues

L'Observateur

, who adds that: " 

The president tampered with the Constitution to open the doors to a third term.

 "

But for

L'Observateur Paalga

, " 

the opposition may have shouted at democratic forfeiture, and put the street to contribution, nothing helped: Alpha Condé holds his victory in one knockout with a score of 59.51 % of votes cast according to official figures from the CENI.

 "

Live ammunition

The Guinean news site Aminata assures us that the defense and security forces fired live ammunition at demonstrators.

Witness accounts, satellite images and videos authenticated and analyzed by Amnesty International confirm that the Guinean defense and security forces fired live ammunition at protesters after the disputed presidential election of October 18,

 "

writes Aminata

.

“ 

Many deaths and injuries have been recorded during demonstrations and riots.

Homes and property were destroyed.

Internet and telephone connections were disrupted or cut on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October,

 ”adds Aminata.

The use of firearms must cease and the deaths of demonstrators, passers-by and local officials of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution

(FNDC)

must be the subject of independent, impartial and effective investigations

 " declared Fabien Offner, researcher on West and Central Africa on RFI.

An international mission to defuse the crisis

The opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo had mentioned the indifference coming from the international community, which he had qualified as " 

guilty

".

For him, " 

the savage repression in Guinea has never been condemned

 ",

launches

La Nouvelle Tribune

, in Benin which continues: " 

His party the UFDG, with the support of the FNDC, intends to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court, while relying on copies of the minutes.

At the same time, on the side of the populations, tensions are still very much alive.

 "

It is in this tense situation where power and opposition look at each other doggedly that yesterday, a joint delegation of ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations arrived.

What can she do to prevent a general explosion

?

 "

Still wonders

L'Observateur Paalga

.

A preventive diplomatic mission, which will be responsible for calming tensions in the country

 " replied

La Nouvelle Tribune

.

Presidential election in Seychelles

: a historic victory for the opposition

Former Anglican pastor Wavel Ramkalawan was elected in the first round with almost 55% of the vote, compared to 43.5% for incumbent Danny Faure.

“ 

In a country where all the heads of state, to this day, had come from the former single party for more than forty years, who could have believed in a political alternation with a dazzling breakthrough of the opposition, to the point to access the supreme office

 ”,

writes the online daily Afrik.com

, specialist in Africa and the Maghreb

The ex-pastor was running for the presidential election for the sixth time.

Afrik.com adds: " 

The raid of the opposition continued at the level of legislative elections, coupled with the presidential election, also won by the formation of Wavel Ramkalawan, who alone obtained two thirds of the seats in the Parliament.

 "

Le Monde Afrique

also

looks

back

on this victory for the opposition: " 

Danny Faure acknowledged his defeat and wished

 " good luck " 

to the new president.

Wavel Ramkalawan called for national unity in a country whose economy, largely dependent on tourism, has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has brought down the number of tourists and the value of the currency .

It is important to find how we could reconcile our people in order to move forward,

 ”declared the new Seychellois president.

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