Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Reuters
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General Horta Nta Na Man was sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, an army statement said, one day after army officers announced they had deposed the country’s president.
The officers, referring to themselves as “The High Military Command for the Restoration of Order,” said 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.
Provisional results had been expected on Thursday in the race between Embalo and Fernando Dias, a 47-year-old political newcomer who had emerged as Embalo’s top challenger to run…
