MYSTERY OF THE GUINEAN PRESIDENTIAL VOTING
By Abdoulaye Boye
Posted Nov. 15, 2010
In the New York regional voting area, Cellou Dalein Diallo trounced opposition leader and declared winner of the presidential elections in Guinea, Alpha Conde, by a whopping 2,790 to 600 votes. In the June 27, 2010, elections in Guinea, Cellou Dalein Diallo also trounced Alpha Conde by 44% to 18%. Yet, Mr. Conde won the November 7, 2010, presidential elections by 52.5% of the vote. It means only 3.5% more of the electorate voted for Mr. Diallo the second time around. In the New York regional voting area - we didn't get the Washington, DC, area result, our correspondent Abdoulaye Boye was there at the Percy Sutton Academic Campus in Harlem to record this an historic occasion for Guineans, the first democratic elections ever held in Guinea since the country became independent from France 52 years ago. Read his report here.
DID YOU MISS ONYEANI ON ALL PBS STATIONS IN US LAST TWO SUNDAYS?
Well, here is the link to the program:
Show 1405: Foreign Journalist Roundtable Part I
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with journalists representing 6 countries from around the globe in New York City. Together they discuss the current state of journalism in the United States and its varied roles abroad. Guests include Paola Messana, New York Bureau Chief of the Agence France Presse, Mujeeb Lodhi, Publisher and Chief Editor of Pakistan News, Lotus Chau, Chief Reporter at Sing Tao Newspapers New York, Dr. Chika Onyeani, Editor-in-Chief of the African Sun Times, Teresa Cabrera, Managing Director of Diario De Mexico USA, and Garry Pierre-Pierre, Publisher of the Haitian Times. http://www.thisisamerica.net/videoarchive_2010-2011.html
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