Guinea-Bissau appoints new PM after coup bid

A presidential order sent to AFP said Geraldo Joao Martins "is dismissed from his post as prime minister. The decree comes into force immediately."

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Geraldo Joao Martins (pictured) was dismissed from his post as Guinea-Bissau prime minister and replaced by Rui Duarte Barros. (AFP)

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BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Wednesday dismissed the prime minister and immediately named a replacement, in the wake of what he has described as an

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