Nigeria, March 9 -- The Guinea government has dissolved 40 political parties, including the country's three main opposition parties, essentially turning the country into a one-party state.

The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, in a decree issued late last Friday, said the parties' headquarters and local offices across the country will be closed.

It also prohibited the use of their logos and party acronyms, names, and emblems. It appointed a curator to oversee the transfer of the parties' assets, according to Al Jazeera.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that this decree comes three months after Mamadi Doumbouya won the presidential election in December last year, securing himself a six-year term in office.

The election ...