# Guinea-Bissau votes to reshape presidency

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Podcast: [Focus on Africa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-africa-160336)
Published: 2026-09-01T15:30:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8n7l
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Guinea-Bissau awaits the results of Sunday's referendum on a proposed new constitution which aims to increase presidential powers. The vote is seen as an important step ahead of December's general election, which is expected to return the country to civilian rule after last year's military coup. The proposed constitution would give more powers to the president and reduce the number of parliamentary seats from 102 to 65. The military government says the changes would make parliament more effective and help reduce tensions between the president and prime minister. And we enter the world of dressing as your favourite anime or video game character. This, known as Cosplay, is giving young people new ways to bring characters from animation, comics and video games to life, especially from Japanese animation, better known as Anime. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Ayuba Iliya Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Editors: Daniel Dadzie and Maryam Abdalla

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