Guinean Junta Leader Sets Presidential Election for December

Residents watch television next to a poster depicting General Mamadi Doumbouya, in Conakry.

Photographer: Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/Getty Images

Guinea’s military leader announced the West African nation will hold elections in December, a week after voters approved a new constitution that allows him to take part in the race.

The poll will take place on Dec. 28, General Mamadi Doumbouya said in a decree read on state broadcaster Radio Television Guineenne on Saturday.