Former Guinea Bissau PM Embalo wins presidential election

January 01, 2020 - Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Africa - Former Guinea-Bissau prime minister and ex-army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo won Sunday's presidential election with 54% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Wednesday. Embalo, who beat another former prime minister in a run-off vote, will succeed President Jose Mario Vaz, whose tenure was marred by political infighting, an ill-functioning parliament and corruption.