20101024
africanews

The two presidential candidates in Guinea's presidential election appealed for calm, after renewed violence followed the third postponement of the run-off earlier scheduled for Sunday.

20101023
africanews

Guinea announced the postponement of the presidential run-off due for Sunday following concerns about the readiness of the West African country to pull through a hitch free election. "The October 24 date is not possible," the election commission head, General Siaka Sangare said.

20101022
africanews

Guinea's newly appointed electoral commission chairman General Siaka Toumany Sangare is to meet with both presidential aspirants n Friday before announcing whether the run-off vote could proceed as planned on Sunday, a Guinean human right activist said.

20101019
RFI

Police in Guinea opened fire on people in Conakry on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring 29, according to newswire AFP who spoke to a doctor on the scene. Supporters of presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo reportedly threw stones at police, who retaliated with gunfire, as the country is counting down to Sunday's second round presidential poll.

20101020
africanews

At least six people were injured Tuesday when Police in Guinea opened fire on youths supporting Cellou Dalein Diallo, a candidate in the presidential run-off election due for this weekend in the West African country.

20100927
reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - A dispute over alleged bias in Guinea's election body means the West African country could miss an October 10 target date for the decisive second round of its presidential vote, political parties said on Monday.

20100924
allAfrica.com

The new head of Guinea's election commission has announced that postponed second round of the presidential elections will now be hold on October 10.

20100922
africanews

Guinea runs the risk of another army takeover if its presidential run-off is further delayed, U.N. Secretary-General's special representative for West Africa warned. A decisive second-round vote in the world's top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite was due to be held last Sunday but authorities postponed it at the last minute citing a lack of technical preparation.

20100919
africanews

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Political in-fighting is preventing Guinea's electoral commission setting a new date for the West African country's delayed poll, raising the danger of unrest, politicians and analysts said at the weekend.

20100914
africanews

The head of Guinea's election commission has died, amid speculation that Sunday's presidential run-off could be postponed. Last week election chief Ben Sekou Sylla was convicted of fraud during the first round in June, raising the first serious doubts about the second round.

20100913
RFI

Electoral campaigning was suspended and demonstrations have been banned by Guinea's interim government after one person died and 50 were hurt in violent pre-election rally clashes.

20100913
africanews

Police in Conakry, Guinea deployed extra forces after street fighting between supporters of rivals for its presidential election left one dead and 50 injured. The violence prompted authorities to suspend all campaigning and rallies ahead of the second-round vote but so far there has been no move to delay the poll, aimed at restoring civilian rule.

20100913
africanews

As a result of the weekend clashes between rival presidential candidates in Guinea and their supporters, campaigning for next Sunday's presidential vote in the West African country has been temporarily halted. Two deaths were recorded. The interim government would meet the candidates to decide on the next agenda.

20100912
africanews

Several people have been injured in fresh clashes in Guinea's capital Conakry between opposing political parties. The fighting between supporters of former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and the opposition leader, Alpha Conde, came a week before the second round of the presidential election.

20100910
africanews

Two senior Guinean election officials were sentenced to a year's imprisonment each over irregularities in the first round of the presidential election in June, two political parties said.

20100903
reuters

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The two rivals in Guinea's September 19 presidential run-off agreed in writing on Friday to respect the final result of the landmark election intended to bring civilian rule to West African state.

20100810
africanews

Guinea's long-delayed presidential run-off has finally been scheduled for 19 September, Secretary General of the presidency Tibou Kamara has said. This happens after a month long wait and expression of fear by the population that the run-off in the West African nation could be rigged.

20100809
africanews

Guineans have waited over a month for the second round of their first free election since independence, raising fears among observers that this delay could upset a fragile transition.

20100803
allAfrica

The past two decades in Africa have shown that the holding of elections is no guarantee for democracy. Independent institutions, military officers who support civilian rule and a determined civil society are the necessary change agents.

20100801
reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea must review billions of dollars worth of mining deals signed since a coup in 2008 to make sure the West African state is getting its fair share of revenue, election front-runner Cellou Dallein Diallo said.