Guinea Bissau goes to polls with president seeking a second term in office

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Guinea Bissau goes to polls with president seeking a second term in office  President Umaro Sissoco Embalo faces off against 11 other presidential candidates.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/23/guinea-bissau-goes-to-polls-with-president-seeking-a-second-term-in-office  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00People voted on Sunday in Guinea-Bissau's presidential and legislative elections,

00:05with incumbent President Umaro Sissoko Mbalo seeking a second term.

00:10The polls come at a critical time in West Africa,

00:13where democracy has recently been challenged by several disputed polls.

00:17Mbalo will face off against 11 other presidential candidates,

00:20including Fernando Diaz, a relative political newcomer.

00:24He's backed by former Prime Minister Domingo Simos Pereira,

00:27who's leader of the main opposition party that led the fight for independence from Portugal.

00:32Both Pereira and his party have been barred from the polls

00:34after the authorities said they failed to submit their application on time.

00:39Analysts say they're expecting the election to be a close race between Mbalo and Diaz,

00:44with the winner needing more than 50% of the vote to win outright.

00:48If Mbalo were to be victorious, he'll become the first leader in three decades

00:52to make it through to a second consecutive term in the West African nation.

00:57Guinea-Bissau's endured multiple coups,

01:00and the exclusion of the main opposition plus rivalry between military factions

01:03has raised fears about a potential post-poll crisis.

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