Observers give Guinea-Bissau vote clean bill of health


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014

A man votes at a polling station in Bissau, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Joe Penney

BISSAU (Reuters) - Observers from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday said Guinea-Bissau's weekend election was free and fair, and called on international donors to restart cooperation suspended in the wake of a 2012 coup.

Bissau-Guineans flocked to the polls in large numbers on Sunday to vote in long-delayed legislative and presidential polls meant to bring stability to the former Portuguese colony after years of putsches and political infighting.

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