By AFPMore by this AuthorCONAKRYGuinea began voting Sunday in the first local elections since the end of the era of military dictatorship following eight years of delays. Following his death in 2008, the military took control until a transition to civilian rule when President Alpha Conde was elected in 2010. HOPEIn 2005, under General Conte's rule, the ruling party took 80 percent of the vote and consequently the vast majority of voting districts. An agreement reached in October 2016 between the government, opposition, civil society and international partners in Guinea paved the way for elections in February 2017. PRIORITIESSixty percent of Guinea's population is 25 and under, whose memories of Conte and military rule are hazy or non-existent.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2018 12:22 UTC