It has become a measure of how West Africa manages post-coup transitions at a time when elections increasingly function as instruments of political closure rather than democratic renewal. How ECOWAS ...

In December, the dust settled on Guinea's first presidential election since the military took control in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya stayed in power after receiving 87 per cent of the vote.

Doumbouya was declared victor in the West African country’s first election since he led the 2021 military takeover.

Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya has been sworn in as president of Guinea after winning last year's presidential election.

Nigeria on Saturday reaffirmed its leadership role within the West African sub-region as Vice President Kashim Shettima, ...

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. on Saturday arrived in Conakry to represent the Government and people of Liberia at the ...

The army man, now a general, has, for the main, ditched the camouflage in favour of the baseball cap and tracksuit, or a ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Friday, departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Mamadi ...

On Dec. 2, 2025, Guinea celebrated a milestone when a ship loaded with iron ore departed from the newly constructed port of ...

Colonel Claude Pivi, Guinea’s former minister for presidential security and one of the men convicted in a landmark trial for ...

The election has been held under a new constitution that revokes a ban on military leaders running for office. The change also extends the presidential mandate from five years to seven years.