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Guinea votes on new constitution as junta leader eyes presidency

A political billboard in favour of the Yes vote in Conakry, ahead of the constitutional referendum on 21 September. © Patrick Meinhardt / AFP

A long-awaited constitutional referendum gets under way in Guinea on Sunday, and is set to test whether the country is moving towards democracy or further entrenching military rule.

Four years after a coup upended Guinea’s fragile democracy, the country is heading to the polls.

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