Guinea’s Supreme Court has officially validated the presidential election victory of junta leader Mamady Doumbouya, awarding him 86.72% of the vote.
The confirmation follows provisional results announced last week after the December 28 election, which notably excluded major opposition figures from the ballot.
Runner-up Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé received 6.59% of the votes, unchanged from the preliminary results. Baldé had initially challenged the outcome in a Supreme Court filing but later “voluntarily withdrew” his complaint, the court’s first president, Fode Bangoura, said while announcing the final results.
In his first address following the official declaration, Doumbouya called for national unity. “Today, there are neither winners nor losers. There is only one Guinea, united and indivisible,” he said in a broadcast on Sunday. He urged citizens to “build a new Guinea, a Guinea of peace, justice, shared prosperity, and fully assumed political and economic sovereignty.”
Doumbouya first came to power in a 2021 coup that ousted former President Alpha Condé. This year’s election was widely seen as a move to legitimize his continued rule.
