R-L; General Horta Inta-A Na Man, the current transitional President, and Ilidio Vieira Té, the new Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Guinea Bissau.
The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau on Friday, the AU Commission head told AFP, two days after the overthrow of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a military takeover.
The military announced on Wednesday it had overthrown Embalo, derailing the announcement of election results that had been expected shortly in the Portuguese-speaking West African nation.
The AU decided “to suspend Guinea-Bissau from its bodies with immediate effect”, chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said.
The junta appointed General Horta N’Tam, previously the army chief of staff, as president of the transition, which is to last one yea
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