Guinea’s junta leader enters the December presidential race

Guinea’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, will stand as a candidate in the country’s first presidential elections since he seized power in a coup in 2021.

The general handed in his documents at the Supreme Court on Monday, the last day for submitting candidacy in the 28 December polls that are meant to restore constitutional order.

Despite a promise when he seized power that he would not run, a new constitution submitted by the…