GUINEA-BISSAU: Key official calls for parliamentary election in January

The head of Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has called for parliamentary elections to be held in January, several months ahead of the target set by the transitional authorities. NEC president Higino Cardoso pointed out that 95 percent of the preparations for elections had already been completed before the bloodless coup that deposed former President Kumba Yala on 14 September.