BISSAU, Guinea-Bissay (AFP) -- Guinea-Bissau's junta formed a government on Saturday days after taking power in a coup, as ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Congo's capital Brazzaville.

The military took control of the Portuguese-speaking nation on Wednesday -- a day before the provisional results of national elections were due to be announced -- and Embalo had initially left for neighboring Senegal.

On Saturday the junta tapped 28 people, including five army officers and four women, to lead the drug-trafficking hotspot.

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