This archive report was first published on 8 October 2019.
Guinean President Alpha Conde, 81, has been at the center of controversy over his bid for a third term in office, despite a constitutional ban on such a move.
Conde, who came to power in 2010 as the first democratically-elected president of Guinea, has been re-elected once but has questioned the two-term limit, sparking widespread protests.
According to the opposition, scores of people have been killed in the crackdown on demonstrations, with police using deadly force to quell the protests.
Conde has tasked Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana with staging consultations on the national charter, but the opposition has dismissed this as a delaying tactic.
The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), an opposition umbrella group, has called for all Guineans to mobilize and demonstrate from October 14.
Conde's second term expires in October 2020, and legislative elections, which were postponed indefinitely, are expected to be held by the end of the year.
Human Rights Watch has criticized the government's ban on street protests, saying it is not a proportionate response to the risk of violence during protests.
