Guinea holds first local elections since military rule

Guinea has gone to the polls in the first local elections since the end of the era of military dictatorship following eight years of delays. 

The municipal council elections, originally scheduled for 2010, were repeatedly delayed due to lack of funds, political in-fighting, and the Ebola crisis. 

Guinea gained independence from France under Ahmed Sekou Toure who ruled until his death in 1984.

General Lansane Conte then seized power in a coup.

Following his death in 2008, the military took control until a transition to civilian rule when President Alpha Conde was elected in 2010. 

SOURCE: NEWS24
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