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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Boubacar Diallo

Guinea sets a date in September for a key referendum that would launch a return to democracy

Guinea-Constitutional Referendum - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Guinea’s military junta has set Sept. 21 as the date for a long-promised constitutional referendum that would set the west African country on the path of a return to democratic rule more than three years after it experienced a coup.

A presidential decree scheduling the referendum for the adoption of a new constitution was read on state television late Tuesday by Gen. Amara Camara, secretary-general of the presidency.

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