An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau's new head of state a day after the military said it had seized power.
Gen Horta N'Tam becomes the transitional head of state for a period of one year.
The military had already suspended the electoral process and blocked the release of the results of Sunday's presidential election which were expected on Thursday.
Some civil society groups in Guinea-Bissau have accused outgoing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of masterminding a "simulated coup" against himself with the help of the military, saying it was a ruse to block election results from coming out in case he loses.
"This manoeuvre aims to prevent the publication of the electoral results scheduled for tomorrow, November 27," the civil society coalition Popular Front said in a statement on Wednesday.
