In a surprising turn of events, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau wielded his executive power to dismiss Prime Minister Geraldo Martins, merely a week after Martins assumed the role. This unexpected move on Wednesday resulted in the appointment of economist and seasoned politician Rui Duarte de Barros as the new Prime Minister, as announced in a presidential decree read on national television by Embalo’s advisor Fernando Delfim da Silva. Martins had been reappointed as prime minister on December 12, following his prior tenure in August of the same year,…
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