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| Prime Minister Geraldo Martins |
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has sacked Prime Minister Geraldo Martins, just a week after reinstating him to the post.
Mr Martins was first appointed
PM in August, but lost the position earlier this month when President Embaló
dissolved the government following a foiled coup attempt on 1 December.
The president then reappointed
Mr Martins as Prime Minister last week.
A presidential decree issued
on Wednesday announced that Rui Duarte de Barros, who previously served as the
West African nation’s transitional PM between 2012 to 2014, would replace Mr
Martins.
Last month, there were clashes
between two army factions in the capital Bissau while President Embaló was away
at the UN’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai.
Mr Embaló promised “serious
consequences” for the perpetrators of the unrest, which he termed a foiled coup
– the second against his leadership in under two years.
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