Eight Names Put Forward For Guinea's Next President

Former PM and leader of the opposition Cellou Dalein Diallo (L) shaking hands with incumbent President Alpha Condé

In Guinea, eight candidates have submitted papers to run for president in October's election including current President Alpha Conde, BBC Afrique reports. The list - which still needs the final approval of the court - also includes former prime ministers Lansana Kouyate, Sidya Toure and Cellou Dalein Diallo.

The list does not include the former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, as people who want to run for president had to hand in the nomination papers in person and he is not in the country. He is currently in exile and has said that he has been stopped from returning home by the current government.

BBC Afrique reports:

In Guinea, 8 candidates want to run for the highest office. During the Constitutional receiving records will decide to publish an official list of presidential candidates on 11 October. The Constitutional Court officially closed the receipt of nominations for the presidential election on Tuesday and the first round of voting is set at 11 October 2015.

A supporter holding the image of former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara aloft

On the list of eight candidates, only one is female, Mary-Magdalene Dioubaté who will contest under the banner of the Party of Ecologists of Guinea (PEG).

Alpha Condé, the outgoing president, will face the PEDN Lansana Kouyate, Sidya Touré from UFR , Diallo UFDG , Papa Koly Kourouma GRUP, Mary-Magdalene Dioubaté PEG, Faya Millimono BL and Tounkara of Faraguet the UGDD .

The deposit is estimated at 800 million Guinean francs about 59 million CFA francs.