Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Polls open in Guinea election amid tight security | Top News | Reuters

Polls open in Guinea election amid tight security | Top News | Reuters: "CONAKRY (Reuters) - Long lines formed in front of guarded polling booths across Guinea on Sunday as the West African country voted in its second free election in nearly 60 years since independence.

Guinea -- Africa's leading producer of bauxite, the raw material for aluminium -- has a history of election violence linked to ethnic tensions, including in a 2010 vote that brought President Alpha Conde to power."



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