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Presidential candidate Yala returns home

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    Presidential candidate Kumba Yala returned to Guinea-Bissau’s capital on Sunday following medical treatment in Portugal, news organisations reported. Yala, leader of the Partido da Renovacao Social (PRS), told supporters at Bissau airport that he had recovered his health and was ready for the run-off election on 16 January. He won the first round on 28 November with 38.81 percent of the votes, while the interim president, Malam Sanha, was runner-up with 23.37 percent. Guinea-Bissau’s national assembly earlier rejected an appeal by the PRS to postpone the polls until 23 January.

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