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More than 80 countries, more than half the world’s population, will vote this year in elections that could be pivotal for democracy

On December 4, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the National People’s Assembly citing an alleged coup attempt. The move followed just months after a coalition led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won a decisive majority in the elections.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation’s opposition-controlled parliament, less than six months after it was reconstituted following a similar move

Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation's opposition-led parliament.Embalo used a shootout between loyalist and parliament-controlled troops that occurred last week to justify the power grab."The date for holding the next legislative elections will be set in due time in accordance with the provisions of … the Constitution," the decree

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation’s opposition-controlled parliament, less than six months after it was reconstituted following a similar move