Guinea Junta Leader Doumbouya Expected to Win Election

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

Guinea voted on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to give junta leader Mamady Doumbouya a seven-year mandate.

Doumbouya, a former special forces commander, seized power in a 2021 coup and leads a field of nine candidates with no strong challenger.

The United Nations says the run up to the election has been marred by intimidation and…