General sworn in as Guinea-Bissau leader in swift coup after disputed election

BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau’s military installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president on Thursday, an army statement said, a day after soldiers toppled the civilian leadership in a swift power grab that followed a fiercely contested presidential vote. The self-styled “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” announced in a televised statement on Wednesday that they had ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, in the latest episode of unrest in the coup-prone country. Radio France Internationale reported that Nta would serve as president for a one-year transitional period.

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