Guinea-Bissau military appoints general as transition president after coup

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A radical of subject officers had claimed ‘total control’ of the country, a time aft 2 starring candidates successful a tightly contested statesmanlike predetermination each declared victory.

The subject successful Guinea-Bissau has appointed a wide arsenic the country’s caller person for 1 year, a time aft staging a coup to prehend powerfulness and arresting the president of the West African federation arsenic contentious predetermination results were imminent.

“I person conscionable been sworn successful to pb the High Command,” General Horta Nta Na Man declared aft taking the oath of bureau successful a ceremonial astatine the military’s office connected Thursday, AFP journalists observed.

Dozens of heavy equipped soldiers were deployed astatine the scene.

On Wednesday, a time aft 2 starring candidates successful a tightly contested statesmanlike predetermination each declared victory, a radical of subject officers claimed “total control” of the country.

Calling themselves the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, the officers work retired a connection connected television, declaring that they had ordered the contiguous suspension of the electoral process “until further notice”.

They ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo successful the latest occurrence of unrest successful the coup-prone country.

Provisional results were expected to beryllium announced successful the contention betwixt Embalo and Fernando Dias, a governmental newcomer who had emerged arsenic the apical challenger to the incumbent to tally the country, which is simply a hub for cocaine trafficking.

The capital, Bissau, was mostly quiescent connected Thursday, with soldiers patrolling the streets and galore residents staying indoors adjacent aft the overnight curfew was lifted. Businesses and banks were closed.

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