Guinea update-
BBC News - Guinea election goes to run-off as Diallo falls shortGuinea will hold a run-off in its presidential election later this month after the former prime minister, Cellou Dalein Diallo, fell short of a majority in the first round on 27 June.
The election commission said Mr Diallo took 39.72% of the vote, well ahead of the veteran opposition leader, Alpha Conde, who got 20.67%.
This is the first democratic election in the mineral-rich West African state since it gained independence from France in 1958.
It has been governed by a military junta for the past 18 months since the death of its longtime leader, Gen Lansana Conte, in 2008.
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