Guinea-Bissau hopes elections will calm political turmoil - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

A poster of presidential candidate Domingos Simoes Pereira covers the side of a building under construction in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

Pereira, who has styled himself as a moderniser, is seen as the front-runner by political observers in Guinea Bissau and internationally. “It used to be coups and assassinations and now it’s the busy politics of coalition and all sorts of political maneuvering,” said Vincent Foucher of the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

In the latest round of prime-ministerial musical chairs, Vaz fired premier Aristides Gomes on October 29, and appointed a successor to him, but Gomes refused to step down. For around 10 days the country had two prime ministers until Vaz backed down under pressure from the international community, which said his moves were illegal.

In late October, Prime Minister Gomes accused presidential candidate Umaro Cissoko Embalo of planning a coup. Embalo denied the charge. Meanwhile one protester was killed in a violent anti-government demonstration in early November. Drugs and corruption remain a problem, however. There have been high-profile busts this year, including the discovery in September of a record 1.8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in flour bags.

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