Guinea-Bissau Elections: Campaign Intensifies Amidst Political Tensions and Opposition Exclusion
Guinea-Bissau is in a crucial phase ahead of its legislative and presidential elections on November 23, 2025. Campaigning has intensified as President Umaro Sissoco Embaló seeks re-election. The political climate is marked by rising tensions, a dispute over the presidential mandate, and the exclusion of the main opposition party, PAIGC, and its leader Domingos Simões Pereira, with their support now shifting to independent candidate Fernando Dias.