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Guinea-Bissau Presidential Candidate Embalo Claims Victory, Opponent Says
Wait

Reuters

   Former army general and ex-Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo said on
   Monday he was on course to win Guinea Bissau's presidential election
   and his opponent urged the nation to await official results.

   An Embalo victory over Domingos Simoes Pereira, another former prime
   minister and the candidate of the ruling PAIGC party, would be a
   turnaround from November's first round, in which Pereira comfortably
   won the most votes.

   The two competed in Sunday's run-off to replace incumbent President
   Jose Mario Vaz, who was eliminated in the first round.

   Vaz's five-year term was marred by regular political sackings, an
   ill-functioning parliament and high-level corruption, and voters said
   they hoped the next president would restore calm to the West African
   nation.

   Official results are not expected until Wednesday and the electoral
   commission has not commented on the vote count.

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