The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday (January 4, 2026) upheld the election victory of General Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader's transition to a democratically elected president four years after staging a coup in the West African nation.
Mr. Doumbouya won the country's first election since the 2021 coup after polling 86.7% of the votes, according to the General Directorate of Elections. His victory, which had been predicted by analysts, was confirmed by the Supreme Court in the capital Conakry.
“Today, there are neither winners nor losers. There is only one Guinea, united and indivisible,” Mr. Doumbouya said in a broadcast late on Sunday, calling on citizens to “build a new Guinea, a Guinea of peace, justice, shared prosperity, and fully assumed political and economic sovereignty.”
Yero Balde, the runner-up who won 6.59% of the vote, had filed a petition accusing the electoral body of manipulating the results in Mr. Doumbouya's favor. But authorities said he withdrew the petition a day before the Supreme Court verdict.
The December 28 election was held under a new Constitution that revoked a ban on military leaders running for office and extended the presidential mandate from five years to seven years.
