### [2026-10-8](/feed/2026/10/8/index.md)

##### Next Guinea-Bissau general election
# The Government of Guinea-Bissau announces that presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6 will be delayed. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/guinea-bissau-delay-elections-following-last-years-coup-2026-10-08/)

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