G.Bissau to choose president, aiming to turn page on troubled past

BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau will elect its next president on Sunday, seeking to turn the page on a tumultuous history of coups and unrest with a vote that nonetheless lacks the country’s main opposition. Some 860,000 voters will choose between 12 candidates, including incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is favorite to land a second five-year term. Voters in the west African nation will also elect 102 members of parliament, which has remained dissolved by Embalo since December 2023.

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