One ‘party state’: Guinea dissolves main opposition parties | Military News

Decree strips events of authorized standing and property, as opposition chief calls on Guineans to withstand

Guinea’s authorities has dissolved 40 political events, together with the nation’s three major opposition teams, in a transfer critics say marks the ultimate step in the direction of a one-party state underneath President Mamady Doumbouya.

The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation issued the decree late on Friday, citing the events’ failure to fulfill their authorized obligations.

Past stripping them of their authorized standing, the order froze their property and banned the usage of their names, logos and logos, with a government-appointed curator assigned to supervise the switch of their holdings.

The three most outstanding events dissolved are the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), the Rally of the Guinean Individuals (RPG) – the occasion of ousted former President Alpha Condé – and the Union of Republican Forces (UFR).

All three had already been suspended final August, weeks earlier than a constitutional referendum that cleared the way in which for Doumbouya to face in December’s presidential election.

UFDG chief Cellou Dalein Diallo, talking from exile, accused Doumbouya of dismantling democratic life to entrench his grip on energy. In a video posted to Fb on Sunday, he mentioned the dissolution was a part of a deliberate drive to construct a “party-state” and urged supporters to “rise as one” in opposition to a authorities that had lasted “far too lengthy”.

He mentioned that dialogue and authorized routes had been exhausted, whereas his occasion’s communications coordinator went additional, describing the decree as “the ultimate act of a real political farce” aimed toward cementing single-party rule.

Ibrahima Diallo, a pacesetter within the pro-democracy Nationwide Entrance for the Defence of the Structure, mentioned the transfer had “formalised a dictatorship” and warned that Guinea was sinking into “profound uncertainty”.

The crackdown is the newest in a sustained marketing campaign in opposition to dissent underneath Doumbouya, who seized energy in a 2021 coup earlier than successful a presidential election in December, a vote from which all main opposition figures had been barred.

Since taking energy, his authorities has shut down media retailers, banned protests and arrested or pushed into exile scores of opposition figures and civil society activists.

A number of kin of outstanding dissidents have additionally been kidnapped, and two well-known pro-democracy activists have been lacking since July 2024.

Wave of coups

A wave of coups has introduced army leaders to energy in Africa, throughout a belt stretching from the Atlantic by way of the Sahel area to the Pink Sea since 2020, whereas an tried coup in Benin failed in late 2025.

The event has led to what analysts have described as a “coup belt“.

Madagascar’s and Guinea-Bissau’s armies most just lately eliminated civilian leaders of their respective international locations from energy in late 2025, underscoring rising discontent with elected governments.

Though usually carried out with common backing, the army takeovers have additionally seen civil liberties clawed again.

A 2025 examine found that whereas army takeovers have declined globally, the danger of coups in Africa stays comparatively excessive.