Conakry, Guinea – Guinea’s government has dissolved 40 political parties, including the country’s three main opposition groups, in a sweeping move announced less than two months after President Mamady Doumbouya was sworn into office.
Okay News reports that the decision was issued late Friday by the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, who said the parties were dissolved for “failure to fulfil their obligations.”
Among the affected groups are the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) led by Cellou Dalein Diallo, the Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG) associated with former president Alpha Condé, and the Union of Republican Forces (UFR).
According to the government decree, the dissolution means the parties immediately lose their legal status and are banned from conducting political activities or using their logos, acronyms, or symbols. Their assets have also been seized and placed under government supervision pending transfer.
Doumbouya, 41, first came to power in 2021 after leading a military coup that removed Condé, Guinea’s first democratically elected president. He was later elected president in December 2025 in a controversial vote in which major opposition leaders were barred from contesting.
Since taking power, critics say the administration has tightened control over civil liberties, banning protests and targeting political opponents through arrests, trials, and alleged forced disappearances.
Guinea has a long history of military rule and authoritarian governance since gaining independence in 1958.
