Guinea-Bissau’s junta formed a government on Saturday days after taking power in a coup, as ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of 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 neighbouring Senegal.
On Saturday the junta tapped 28 people, including five army officers and four women, to lead the drug-trafficking hotspot.
Elsewhere in the capital Bissau, the west A
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