New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Guineans voted on Sunday to choose a new president in the country's first election since a 2021 coup, as analysts say a weakened opposition will result in a likely win for junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya.

Sunday's election was the culmination of a transition process that began four years ago after Doumbouya ousted President Alpha Conde. The junta leader has proceeded to clamp down on the main opposition and dissent, critics say, leaving him with no major opposition among the eight other candidates in the race.

Despite Guinea's rich mineral resources - including as the world's biggest exporter of bauxite, used to make aluminum - more than half of its 15 million people are experiencing record levels of poverty and...