US EditionGuinea-Bissau’s president appoints new prime minister months ahead of a key election
GUINEA-BISSAU, AUG 7 – President Umaro Sissoco Embalo replaced Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros with Braima Camara to strengthen control amid contested term and rising opposition tensions, officials said.
- Guinea-Bissau's president Umaro Sissoco Embalo has appointed a new prime minister, Braima Camara, ahead of a key election in November.
- There has been controversy over whether Embalo's term should have ended in February, with the opposition refusing to recognize him as president.
- The small West African nation has experienced multiple coups since gaining independence, and the upcoming elections have heightened tensions.
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President of Guinea-Bissau Embalo to Run as an Independent for a Second Term - teleSUR English
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, revealed that he will run as an independent candidate in the upcoming presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November 23, in a context marked by political instability that has plagued the country for years. RELATED: Mpox cases in Guinea pass 200 as Africa sees rising infections “I will not be anyone’s hostage, but the President of the Republic. However, all political parties and…
Guinea-Bissau's President Embalo appoints Braima Camara as new PM
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, three months before presidential and legislative elections and several months after Embalo's opponents say his mandate expired.
On Thursday, 7 August, the President of Guinea-Bissau dismissed the government of Rui Duarte Barros, without giving any official reason, less than four months from the general elections. Elections normally scheduled for 23 November, a presidential election and legislative elections. Umaro Sissoco Embalo subsequently appointed Braima Camara as Prime Minister, his former rival in his political family.
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