In Guinea, Demonstrations Stifled in the Egg for the 4th Anniversary of the Doumbouya Coup

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In Conakry, the atmosphere was tense on Friday, 5 September. The Forces vivai, a platform bringing together opposition parties and civil society organizations, had called for a demonstration against the constitutional referendum scheduled for 21 September. An election convened by the ruling junta, which paves the way for General Doumbouya's candidacy for the presidential election, despite his initial promise not to run. This mobilization, schedu…