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Guinean opposition parties and civil society groups on Monday called for an end to what they described as President Mamadi Doumbouya’s “dictatorship”, as the military leader left the country for a holiday.
Doumbouya seized power in a 2021 coup and was elected president in December 2025, despite initially promising to return the country to civilian rule at the end of a transitional period.
His office said he had travelled to Greece with his family for a few days of rest as part of his annual leave.
The Forces Vives of Guinea (FVG), a coalition of opposition parties and civil society organisations, accused Doumbouya and his allies of ruling through repression, violence and corruption.
The group alleged that the government had increasingly restricted political freedoms through killings, deaths in detention, enforced disappearances, abductions and torture of opposition figures.
“Mamadi Doumbouya and his clan govern through terror, impose themselves by repression, violence and corruption,” the Forces Vives of Guinea grouping said in a statement.
“This regime has gradually morphed into a dictatorship characterised by targeted killings, deaths in detention of civilian and military figures, enforced disappearances, abductions and acts of torture against opinion leaders.”
It also condemned restrictions on the media and the dissolution of dozens of major political parties.
Doumbouya’s supporters and allied parties won more than 80 percent of parliamentary seats in elections held in May.
The FVG described the presidential and parliamentary elections as a sham, alleging that Guineans had been denied the opportunity to freely choose their leaders.
The coalition urged citizens to join its campaign to restore fundamental freedoms and return the country to constitutional rule.
Several political parties have been suspended in recent years, while protests have remained banned since 2022. Opposition and civil society leaders have also been arrested, convicted or forced into exile.
