On eve of tense polls, Guinea opposition urges supporters to vote

[WorldNews]

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Guinea's opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo urged supporters to make their voices heard at the ballot box in Sunday's presidential election after his calls for a delay of the "imperfect" polls fell on deaf ears. The last-minute appeal to voters came as tension hung over the west African country on the eve of the election, after clashes between incumbent President Alpha Conde's supporters and the opposition left seven people dead in recent days. "I would like to ask for one thing, and that is to end these demonstrations," Diallo said at a meeting of his UFDG party in the capital, saying there should be no boycott despite "all the imperfections, anomalies and irregularities" that marred the election preparations.

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