{"id":59857,"date":"2025-09-21T18:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/telegram-facebook-disrupted-in-guinea-during-vote"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:53:15","slug":"telegram-facebook-disrupted-in-guinea-during-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/telegram-facebook-disrupted-in-guinea-during-vote","title":{"rendered":"Telegram Facebook Disrupted in Guinea During Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Telegram and US social media platform Facebook were disrupted in Guinea on Sunday, the global watchdog Netblocks said, as the country held a constitutional referendum seen as a key step toward ending military rule and restoring civilian governance after the 2021 coup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe measure is likely to limit the flow of information and may impact news coverage of events on the ground,\u201d Netblocks wrote on US social media company X.<\/p>\n<p>Transitional President Mamadi Doumbouya, who seized power in September 2021, had pledged to draft a new constitution. The proposal was unveiled on national television in July and then put to Sunday&#8217;s referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The draft constitution would extend the presidential term from five to seven years, permit one reelection, establish a senate with one-third of its members appointed by the president, and create a special court for trying top officials. It also grants immunity to former presidents and, for the first time, allows independent candidates to run &#8212; provisions that have fueled speculation about Doumbouya\u2019s political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>The process has faced criticism, with restrictions on political activity and a boycott by major opposition parties, including the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) and the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG).<\/p>\n<p>Polling stations are scheduled to close at 6 pm local time (1800 GMT), though no date has been set for the announcement of results.<\/p>\n<p>Doumbouya\u2019s National Council of the Rally for Development (CNRD) ousted longtime President Alpha Conde on Sept. 5, 2021, prompting international condemnation. The military later agreed with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to a 24-month transition, committing to hand power to civilians by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea is expected to hold its first presidential election since the coup in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Telegram and US social media platform Facebook were disrupted in Guinea on Sunday, the global watchdog Netblocks said, as the country held a constitutional referendum seen as a key step toward ending military rule and restoring civilian governance after the 2021 coup. \u201cThe measure is likely to limit the flow of information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[680,476,1611,6762,241,1557],"class_list":["post-59857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-constitution","tag-election","tag-guinea","tag-mamadi-doumbouya","tag-mauritius","tag-referendum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Telegram Facebook Disrupted in Guinea During Vote - 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