Guinea’s Conde Postpones Vote Over International Concerns
- AU, Ecowas canceled observer missions to Guinea over security
- Parliamentary elections, referendum delayed for two weeks
Worshippers attend Friday prayer at the Bambeto Mosque in Conakry ahead of a referendum on the constitution, on Feb. 28.
Photographer: John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images
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Guinean President Alpha Conde postponed Sunday’s referendum on a new constitution and parliamentary elections for two weeks, after international observers raised concerns about security and whether the vote would be credible.
“It was through national and sub-regional responsibility that we accepted a slight postponement of the vote,” Conde said in a statement on state-owned Radio Television Guinéenne, after observers from the African Union and the West African regional economic bloc, Ecowas, called off observer missions to Guinea.