Vieira wins Guinea-Bissau election
Sunday 21 August 1994 23:02 BST
CommentsBissau - Joao Bernardo Vieira was declared victorious on Saturday, two weeks after the second round of presidential voting in Guinea- Bissau. Mr Vieira, who has run the country since a palace coup in 1980, becomes the first democratically elected head of state. AP
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