Guinean President Alpha Condé, 82, will run for a third term in the election scheduled for October 18, his party said in a statement read on national television on Monday.
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"President Alpha Condé will be our candidate for the presidential election
,
"
said his party, the Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG), which had
"requested" in
early August.
The prospect of a new candidacy of Alpha Condé has raised for nearly a year a wave of protest, repeatedly suppressed, which has left dozens of deaths among the demonstrators.