Guinea Bissau presidential candidates declare victory ahead of results

Both the current president and the main opposition candidate in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential elections have declared victory following the first round of voting on Sunday, ahead of provisional results expected Thursday.The West African nation’s current President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is expected to win the election, which has so far passed off peacefully but notably excluded the main opposition party PAIGC and its candidate Domingoes Simoes Pereira from the ballot.The main challenger