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[VOA]Guinea-Bissau's election commission has confirmed a presidential run-off vote will take place on May 18....

[Foroyaa]The radio and TV are being utilised to convey how the Gambia Government contributed in shaping the agenda for peace in Guinea Bissau. In actual fact, lessons should be drawn from Guinea Bissau....

[FrontPageAfrica]Bissau -The Chairman of the Governance Commission, Prof. Amos C. Sawyer led an ECOWAS observer mission to the legislative and presidential elections in Guinea Bissau which took place on Sunday, April 13, 2014....

[VOA]Dakar -Guinea-Bissau is headed to a presidential run-off election next month that will pit the candidate of the ex-ruling party against an independent seen as having strong support in the military....

[ThinkAfricaPress]For the first time in two decades, the divisive figure Kumba Yalá is not watching over Guinea-Bissau's elections. But his legacy of corruption and unrest remains....

[NEWS]The Chairman of the Governance Commission Dr. Amos C. Sawyer at head of an ECOWAS observer mission has concluded an observation on the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Guinea Bissau which took place on April 13, 2014....

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[AEP]Guinea-Bissau is voting in presidential and parliamentary elections, amid hope that stability can be restored. Already poor, the country is plagued by corruption, fuelled by cocaine trafficking. It is the first election since a coup in 2012, after which the EU and others suspended aid donations. With a history of coups, no elected leader has served a full term since independence from Portugal...

[UN News]With preparations supported by the United Nations, voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls this Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections many hope will bring stability to the tiny West African nation....

[Deutsche Welle]Voters in Guinea-Bissau have headed to polls to elect a president and parliament. The much-delayed election aims to draw a line under a 2012 military coup that plunged the West African nation into chaos....

[VOA]Dakar -Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls Sunday for a much-awaited presidential and parliamentary election....

[UNDP]Voters in Guinea -Bissau heads to the polls this Sunday, in a presidential and parliamentary election many hope will bring stability to the tiny West African nation....

[Deutsche Welle]In no other African state has an election been postponed so often as in Guinea-Bissau. People have been waiting for a legitimate government since a coup in 2012. Now the long wait is over....

[Cameroon Tribune]Next Sunday's presidential poll in Guinea Bissau is intended to end years of instability....

[Cameroon Tribune]Since independence 40 years ago, no Guinea Bissau leader has ever completed his term. Guinea-Bissau is today one of the world's poorest nations, due largely to the political problems that have plagued the former Portuguese colony of 1.7 million people. A number of reasons explain this state of affairs - among which is the all-too powerful military, corruption, poverty, the 1998 civil...

[IRIN]Bissau -Guinea-Bissau observers doubt that the long-delayed post-coup presidential election set for 13 April will be sufficient to jolt the country back to stability. But there are hopes that the polls will restore constitutional order, revive donor support and stabilize the economy....

[VOA]The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is cautiously optimistic that Guinea Bissau's elections scheduled for Sunday will be transparent, free and fair, says Sonny Ugoh, Communications Director for ECOWAS....

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