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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sambu Assana and Sam Mednick

Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament

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Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau's national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation's president dissolved parliament.

Nearly 1 million voters were registered to elect more than 100 lawmakers from six parties with active seats in the National People’s Assembly, according to the Centre for Democracy and Development, an African human rights organization.

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