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| - International envoys were due to meet Guinea's leading opposition politician on Monday to discuss the country's disputed election, amid heightened security and sporadic gunfire in the capital. President Alpha Conde, 82, won a hotly contested October 18 election according to the official results announced Saturday, setting the stage for a controversial third term. But his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, disputes the results. He claimed victory last week, citing data his activists gathered at individual polling stations. Diallo's self-proclaimed victory led to a week of clashes between supporters and security forces across the West African nation, in which the government says around 10 people died. The opposition says 27 people were killed in the unrest. AFP was unable to confirm the death toll, however. A diplomatic delegation from the United Nations, African Union and the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States landed in Guinea on Sunday in the aftermath of the unrest. The envoys -- which include ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou and the UN special representative to West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas -- are expected to meet several ministers Monday. An ECOWAS official in Conakry said they will hold a press conference later in the day. Diallo told AFP that the envoys were also due to meet him. "I will receive them at my office, but not at my home, where I am being confined," he said. "They have to sort it out." Police have kept Diallo blockaded inside his Conakry home for days. Anti-Conde protests were due to resume in the city on Monday morning, but few people had hit the streets by the afternoon. "In my neighbourhood, people say they are waiting to see the outcome of the joint mission," said a resident of one suburb, who declined to be named, referring to the envoys. Much of the unrest in Guinea centres on a third term for Alpha Conde, whom groups accuse of drifting into authoritarianism. He pushed through a new constitution in March which he argued would modernise the country. But it also allowed him to bypass a two-term limit for presidents. bm/mrb/eml/erc
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