Guinea referendum campaigns in full swing as junta cripples dissent

If passed, the new constitution would give military leader and interim President Mamadi Doumbouya the right to run in the next presidential election and would create a Senate alongside the country’s National Assembly.

At a neighbourhood campaign rally in central Conakry on Monday, residents came out in support of a “yes” vote in Guinea’s constitutional referendum, which will be held this Sunday.

If passed, the new constitution…