The prime minister of junta-ruled Guinea announced a new date of December 2025 for elections, seeking to reassure investors in a speech at an African business forum on Monday, APA reports citing Reuters.
Guinea is ruled by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in September 2021, and in 2022 proposed a two-year transition to elections but then did not take steps to organise a vote.
The junta later set and missed a deadline of December 31, 2024 for a return to a civilian administration.
Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah announced the new date on Monday at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, while speaking about the West African country's Simandou iron ore project.
"The constitutional referendum will be on September 21 and the legislative and presidential elections will be in December," the prime minister said.
"I can assure you that Simandou's first train will arrive before the elections."
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