West African bloc recognises Embalo as Guinea-Bissau president


FILE PHOTO: Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embalo at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

BISSAU (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it has recognised Umaro Sissoco Embalo as the winner of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election in an attempt to draw a line under a four-month dispute over the results.

The national electoral commission repeatedly declared former army general and prime minister Sissoco the winner of the Dec. 29 run-off vote, and outgoing President Jose Mario Vaz handed over power to him in an inaugural ceremony in February.

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