Guinea: an international diplomatic mission to defuse tensions

Soldiers posted in the Gnariwada district in the outskirts of Conakry, on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Carol Valade / RFI

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In Guinea, while the Céni has just proclaimed Alpha Condé the winner of the presidential election in the first round with 59.51% of the vote, at least three new people lost their lives in clashes on Saturday, bringing to ten eight dead the toll of post-election violence since the polls last Sunday.

It could be much heavier, the opposition counts, it, about thirty victims.

Faced with the situation, a "preventive diplomacy mission" is expected in Conakry to try to calm tensions.

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According to our information, the mission is expected between this Sunday and Tuesday 27 in Conakry.

It would be made up of the president of the ECOWAS Commission Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, Mohamed Ibn Chambas for the United Nations, the African Union commissioners for political affairs, Cessouma Minata Samate, and ECOWAS, General Francis Behanzin .

In two days, its mission will be to ease tensions while the main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo, credited with 33.50% of the vote by the Ceni, does not recognize

he believes he won.

He denounces "

" on the part of the international community.

" 

 " he affirms.

The UFDG therefore intends to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court by presenting copies of the minutes in its possession, but without being too illusory, says its leader.

He therefore calls on the street, supported by

the FNDC which calls for new demonstrations on Monday.

54 GUINEA _Son HIS MORNING Cellou Dallein Diallo

Three deaths on the sidelines of the announcement of the results

It was at the People's Palace, placed under high security, that the President of the Electoral Commission declared Alpha Condé's victory.

In the room, supporters of the outgoing president applaud.

For them, it's the hoped-for “knockout”.

Atmosphere in both camps when the results were announced

Charlotte idrac

Outside, RPG Arc-en-Ciel activists donned their yellow t-shirts and caps, in party colors, but no large gathering.

Dansa Kourouma, president of the National Council of Guinean Civil Society Organizations, welcomes the smooth running of the election and calls on the opposition to use legal remedies to make their demands heard.

We have observed that despite the pre-electoral environment peppered with violence, tension and anxiety, the Guinean people braved fear to vote massively and throughout the entire national territory (...) I ask the people of Guinea. twelve candidates to respect the appeals (...) The Constitutional Court remains the competent jurisdiction.

Dansa Kourouma

Carol Valade

Several districts of the capital are deserted, the shops closed, the defense and security forces stationed at roundabouts and crossroads.

After deadly violence since Monday, the publication of the results was followed by new demonstrations and tensions in the suburbs of Conakry, but also in towns of the interior such as Labé, in Middle Guinea, where Cellou Dalein Diallo obtained the majority. according to the Ceni.

Assessment of this day: three dead, according to the Ministry of Security.

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