Guineans voted Sunday on a draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also permit the junta leader who seized power four years ago to run for president.

Boycotted by the opposition, the long-awaited vote opens the way for stalled elections in the West African nation.

The country has been ruled by General Mamady Doumbouya since he overthrew elected civilian president Alpha Conde in 2021.

“This is what everyone is waiting for,” one voter, 23-year-old student Ahmad Diallo, told AFP at a school in the capital’s Kaloum district.

“To have peace, and we want the transition to end.”

AFP journalists noted a sizeable turnout in the affluent city centre of the capital Conakry as well as in several working-class neighbourhoods. Sources contacted by AFP indicated turnout varied a

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