The Guinean electoral commission has proposed a new date of October 10 to hold a presidential run-off vote.

The vote was postponed last week amid security concerns in the politically fragile State. Guinea's electoral commission on Wednesday proposed Oct. 10 as the revised date for the final round of voting in the West African country's first democratic election. The commission, known as CENI, earlier this month postponed the election, which was due to have been held on Sept. 19, citing logistical reasons. Analysts have said a successful election in Guinea, a key to stability in a region scarred by three civil wars, will bring in billions of dollars in planned mining investments and may draw a line under decades of authoritarian rule since independence from France in 1958.