Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election

Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been elected president after winning a run-off vote against another ex-prime minister.

The 47-year-old beat rival Domingos Simoes Pereira by about 54% to 46%, the electoral commission announced.

Mr Pereira vowed to contest the result, alleging "electoral fraud".

Mr Embalo has said he wants to resolve political tensions in the West African country, which has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1974.

Incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz crashed out of the election in the first round in November.
His campaign team accused rivals of electoral fraud, but West African regional bloc Ecowas rejected the claims and warned that a military force was on standby to "re-establish order" in the event of a coup.

Election observers have also said they found no evidence of vote tampering in Sunday's run-off, but Mr Pereira - leader of the country's historic ruling party PAIGC - said the results were "full of irregularities, annulment and manipulation" as he vowed to mount a challenge in the Supreme Court.