[RFI] Across Africa, contested ballots, violent crackdowns, coups d'état and military transitions morphing into long-term rule combined to make 2025 a year in which, as one analyst tells RFI, "the law of the strongest has become commonplace".

[UN News] From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global health, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), offering cautious optimism at the close of a year mark...

[Liberian Observer] Yassata, Guinea--Liberia-Guinean authorities have praised a locally driven cross-border development effort that has linked communities in Guinea and Liberia, as leaders and residents renewed calls for the construction of a permane...

[The Point] The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) has commended the peaceful and transparent conduct of Guinea's 28 December presidential election, describing the process as a significant milestone in the country's return to constitutional go...

[DW] Mamdi Doumbouya secured almost 87% of the vote, while several opposition figures were either barred from contesting or were in exile. Doumbouya seized power after staging a coup in 2021.

[RFI] Guinea's junta chief Mamady Doumbouya has been elected president with an overwhelming majority, according to provisional results released by the country's election commission. Doumbouya had vowed not to seek office after seizing power four year...

[New Dawn] -As citizens, leaders push for JNB Unity Bridge.

[DW] Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, faces weak opposition as UN warns of intimidation and restricted freedoms ahead of the vote.

[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- Guinean authorities have officially shut down their side of the borders with Liberia as the country is holding national elections today, Sunday, December 28, 2025.

[Leadership] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is upbeat about the return of democracy to Guinea as 6.7 million voters lined up on Sunday to elect a new President in the West African country following the September 2021 coup that...

[Vanguard] The United Nations said the presidential election race in Guinea had been marked by intimidation, and urged authorities to ensure there was no fear or repression in Sunday's voting.

[This Day] The Subregion Reflect a Collapse of Public Trust i -- Recent coups in the subregion reflect a collapse of public trust in democratic systems, argue CHUKWUEMEKA B. EZE AND JEGGAN GRAY JOHNSON

[African Union] The African Union Commission (AUC) announces the arrival of its Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) in the Republic of Guinea on 20 December 2025.

[FrontPageAfrica] Abuja, Nigeria -- The ECOWAS Parliament has appointed Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr., Chair of its Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, to lead the Parliament's delegation to the ECOWAS Observer Mission to the Republ...

[Liberian Observer] Liberia's House of Representatives has passed the long-anticipated Ivanhoe Atlantic Concession and Access Agreement, setting the stage for Senate concurrence in the coming days. But beyond the legislative milestone, this vote carr...