Guinea-Bissau: Presidential campaign kicks off without main opposition party

The presidential campaign in Guinea-Bissau kicked off this weekend without the main opposition party.

The country’s 860 000 voters will head to the polls on 23 November to elect a president and 102 parliament members. They will have to choose between 12 presidential candidates, including current president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who appears as a favourite.

In an unprecedented move, the coalition led by the African Party for the…