Voters in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls Sunday for the second round ofa presidential election, nearly five months after the country'slong-time leader was assassinated.
Campaigning ended Friday inthe race between two former heads of state: ruling party candidateMalam Bacai Sanha and opposition leader Kumba Yala. Sanha receivedmore votes than Yala in the first round June 28, but not enough toavoid a runoff.
The two men are competing to replace President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous soldiers in March.
Thesmall West African nation has endured numerous coups and unrest sincegaining independence from Portugal in 1974. Yala, who was electedpresident in 2000, was deposed in a 2003 coup.
The country also has been corrupted by the drug trade, serving as a transit point for cocaine traffic to Europe.