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GUINEA: Third Time Lucky

GUINEA: Third Time Lucky Alpha Condé wins the presidential election, but his promise of national reconciliation is immediately put to the test. Voters in Guinea went to the polls on November 7th to decide who would become president between Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Alliance Cellou and Prof. Alpha Condé of the Alliance Arc‐en‐ciel in a run‐off vote, following the first round of the presidential elections in June. Most voters expressed joy at finally being able to vote, after numerous postponements, due to “technical difficulties” announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including the replacement of the head of the commission, and a tense socio‐political climate. Both candidates deplored the violence that had marred the election campaigns, causing deaths and injuries, and urged their supporters to vote with calm and discipline during a ceremony organised by the international community, where both opponents embraced. On September 3rd, Dalein and Condé had signed “a code of conduct” in Ouagagougou under the aegis of the President of Burkina Faso , Blaise Compaore , mediator of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) in the Guinean crisis. The government closed the borders until the end of the polls, put the army on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2010
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2010.03560.x
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Abstract

Alpha Condé wins the presidential election, but his promise of national reconciliation is immediately put to the test. Voters in Guinea went to the polls on November 7th to decide who would become president between Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Alliance Cellou and Prof. Alpha Condé of the Alliance Arc‐en‐ciel in a run‐off vote, following the first round of the presidential elections in June. Most voters expressed joy at finally being able to vote, after numerous postponements, due to “technical difficulties” announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including the replacement of the head of the commission, and a tense socio‐political climate. Both candidates deplored the violence that had marred the election campaigns, causing deaths and injuries, and urged their supporters to vote with calm and discipline during a ceremony organised by the international community, where both opponents embraced. On September 3rd, Dalein and Condé had signed “a code of conduct” in Ouagagougou under the aegis of the President of Burkina Faso , Blaise Compaore , mediator of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) in the Guinean crisis. The government closed the borders until the end of the polls, put the army on

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2010

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