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Guinean junta leader Mamady Doumbouya won the country's Dec. 28 presidential election with 86.72% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the country's General Directorate of Elections, Radio France Internationale reported on Dec. 31. 

Guinea: Junta Leader Doumbouya Elected in Low-Suspense Elections 

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Guinean junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya inaugurated the start of iron ore exports from the country's $23 billion Simandou mine at the port of Morebaya, Radio France Internationale reported on Nov. 11.

Guinea: Authorities Inaugurate the Start of Iron Ore Exports From $23B Simandou Mine 

Guinea announced that it will hold a presidential election on Dec. 28, the country's first since the 2021 coup that brought Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya to power, Jeune Afrique reported on Sept. 28.

Guinea: Junta Sets First Presidential Election Following 2021 Coup

Guinean authorities announced that a referendum on a new constitution for Guinea was approved with 89% of votes on an 86% turnout, Jeune Afrique reported on Sept. 24. 

Guinea: New Constitution Approved by Referendum, Official Results Show 

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The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, announced plans to activate a 260,000-strong counterterrorism force to address insecurity in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel, Daily Trust reported on Aug. 26.

West Africa: Regional Bloc To Mobilize Counterterrorism Force

The Guinean government postponed the constitutional referendum originally planned for 2024, with all elections now promised for 2025, according to a junta official, Africaguinee reported on Dec. 16.

Guinea: Junta Official Says Elections Postponed to 2025 After Transition Period Extension

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Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Jean Kaseya warned that Africa's mpox outbreak was "not under control" and that the number of cases on the continent had increased by 177% over the past year, Reuters reported on Sept. 19.

Africa: Africa CDC Warns Mpox Outbreak Is 'Not Under Control'

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced that it would lift economic sanctions on Niger and Guinea, as well as political sanctions against Mali, Reuters reported Feb. 24.

Niger, Guinea: ECOWAS Removes Economic Sanctions on Niger and Guinea

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A Gabonese brigade participates in a training exercise as part of a military program linked to the Franco-Gabonese partnership at the French military base Camp de Gaulle in Libreville on March 19, 2025. 

France's reduced influence in Africa will create space for local and foreign actors to take on greater leadership roles, but their inability to fill the security vacuum left by France's withdrawal would threaten to destabilize the region.

France, Africa and the Future, Part 2: The Age of Multi-Alignment 

A picture released on July 12, 1963, of then-French President Gen. Charles de Gaulle (2L) and Jacques Foccart (L) greeting African, Malagasy and French overseas territories veterans arriving in Paris for French Bastille Day celebrations.

After decades of cultivating tight-knit relationships with francophone African countries, France has effectively ended its forward military presence in West and Central Africa amid shifting political dynamics in both regions, which will weaken its influence on the continent but enable Paris to reallocate resources towards Europe's security.

France, Africa and the Future, Part 1: A New Balance of Power 

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If the project's completion is not derailed by renewed political instability in Guinea, the giant Simandou mine's iron ore exports will help China diversify its supplies and decarbonize its steelmaking industry. 

What Africa's Largest Mining Project Means for Guinea, China and the World

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Demonstrators in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, hold up photos of Malian coup leader Assimi Goita (who seized power in Mali for the second time in a May 2021 coup) and Burkina Faso coup leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Jan. 25, 2022.

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This photo shows Guinean President Alpha Conde at a rally in Conakry, the country's capital.

For the West African country's aging president, pulling off his third-term dream will depend on the size and fervor of opposition efforts -- and whether his Russian allies help counter them.

Guinea's President Tempts Fate to Extend His Reign

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The region's natural geographic advantages have sustained several empires throughout history. But they can't overcome its longstanding problems. 

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So far, the incoming forces have met little resistance on their way to the country's capital.

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Since the fall of colonialism in Africa, foreign powers have been protecting their interests on the continent one leader at a time.

For countries without colonial interests in Africa, the wave of independence movements offered an opportunity to make inroads in nations outside their traditional spheres of influence. Providing physical security for a leader and his or her family is a particularly useful tool for a country that wants to assert its influence without committing extensive resources.

The Devious Art of Securing Influence in Africa

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Guinea: Junta Leader Doumbouya Elected in Low-Suspense Elections

Guinea: Authorities Inaugurate the Start of Iron Ore Exports From $23B Simandou Mine

Guinea: Junta Sets First Presidential Election Following 2021 Coup

Guinea: New Constitution Approved by Referendum, Official Results Show

West Africa: Regional Bloc To Mobilize Counterterrorism Force

Guinea: Junta Official Says Elections Postponed to 2025 After Transition Period Extension

Africa: Africa CDC Warns Mpox Outbreak Is 'Not Under Control'

Niger, Guinea: ECOWAS Removes Economic Sanctions on Niger and Guinea

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