Former Guinea Bissau PM Embalo wins presidential election: electoral commission
16:07, 01/01/2020, WednesdayU: Update: 16:09, 01/01/2020, Wednesday
REUTERS

Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo
Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo won Sunday's presidential election with 54% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Wednesday.
Embalo, 47, who beat opponent Domingos Simoes Pereira in a run-off vote, will succeed incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz, whose tenure was marred by political infighting, an ill-functioning parliament and corruption.