Guinea’s main opposition figure on Sunday accused the country’s leader of trying to build a “party-state,” after the government dissolved 40 political parties by decree, including the main opposition ones. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization on Friday announced the parties dissolution for their “failure to meet their obligations.” The decree said that the dissolution strips the parties of their legal status and bans their political activity, including the use of their names, logos, emblems and other symbols. Cellou Dalein Diallo — leader of the main opposition party Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, one of the dissolved parties — accused President Mamadi Doumbouya of trying to sideline rivals to build a one “party-state,” in a video posted on Facebook on Sunday.

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