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Guinea announces partial vote tally amid post-election violence
Oct 22, 2020
Guinea's electoral body announced a provisional vote tally for parts of the country Wednesday night, suggesting encouraging results for incumbent President Alpha Conde, after days of violence following the weekend election.
In a broadcast statement, the president of the electoral authority Kabinet Cisse read out results from 16 constituencies, out of 38, in the West African nation.
Conde - who is seeking a controversial third term that has provoked mass protests -- won a majority of votes in over half of those constituencies.
The announcement followed a similar one the previous day in which the authority gave him a majority in four constituencies in the capital Conakry.
But the latest update came during days of clashes between opposition supporters and security forces following Sunday's tense presidential race in the poor nation, which has been beset by months of unrest.
Before the announcement of any official results on Monday, Conde's main challenger, opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, declared himself victorious in the election -- citing results his activists had gathered from individual polling stations.
Opposition supporters are deeply suspicious about the independence of Guinea's election authority, although the government insists that the electoral process is fair.
Guinea's security ministry said in a statement that nine people -- including one "lynched" police officer -- died in the violence across the country of some 13 million people.
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