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Exiled Guinea-Bissau President Embalo signals return amid political tension

Exiled Guinea-Bissau President Embalo signals return amid political tension

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Guinea-Bissau's exiled former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was ousted in a November coup, told AFP on Monday he will return and run for president in an election due on December 6.

Promising to return to the country but without specifying when, Embalo told AFP he "will be a candidate in the presidential election".

But the political climate is tense in the coup-prone nation and the opposition urged voters to boycott the process.

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