Guinea presents draft for new constitution, referendum set for September

Could it be the first step towards a return to civilian rule?

Guinea’s transitional government presented a draft constitution to general Mamady Doumbouya, the head of the transition, and on national television this week.

The text is set to be put to a referendum in September, a move that has been viewed positively as a first step towards a return to constitutional rule, more than three years after a military junta came to power in a…