Guinea-Bissau president to run for second term, backtracking on vow to step down


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  • Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo attends a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 26, 2025. Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially stoking tensions over when his current term ends and over postponed elections.

Embalo, after a trip to Russia, Azerbaijan and Hungary, told reporters at the airport: "I will be a candidate in my own succession."

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