CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea will on December 28 hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, according to a decree read on state television.

The announcement was made on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court validated the results of a referendum approving a new constitution that could allow coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to run. Doumbouya has not said whether he plans to.

The coup in Guinea was one of eight that swept West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023.

Guinea is of international financial significance as the home to the world’s largest reserves of bauxite.

It also has the world’s richest untapped iron ore deposit at Simandou.

Some countries that experienced coups, such as Chad and Gabon, have since held elections formally marking transitions to civilian rule, w

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