This petition is to bring your attention to the current humanitarian crisis in Guinea-Conakry, caused by the recent presential election. Current president Alpha Conde, 82, is seeking a controversial third presidential term, a move that has triggered months of deadly unrest in the country. March 2020, President Conde pushed through a new constitution, which he argued would modernize the country. This new constitution allowed Conde to bypass a two-term limit for presidents, despite the Guinean body imposing a two-term limit.

Since October last year, over 200 people have been injured, 70 imprisoned, and over 90 killed in anti-Conde protests. The Guinean military is currently shooting at civilians in Guinea's streets, protesting the president's decision to concede. 

The government's callous actions have yet to be formally investigated or accounted for. Conde's authoritarianism contravenes Guinea's Constitution, which allows freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Guinea's citizens are being silenced through violence and oppression by the very system meant to protect them. Guinea's history has been marred by violence along tribal lines with no condemnation of ethnocentrism. 

At every turn, Africa is on fire. Africa should not have to continue to fight the wars laid by colonialism, neocolonialism, and dictatorship. Africa deserves better.