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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 24 Nov 2008 : 22:06:03
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Guinea-Bissau hunts 'coup leader'
Monday, November 24, 2008
Security forces in Guinea-Bissau are hunting for the suspected mastermind behind Sunday's attack on the residence of the country's president.
Joao Bernardo Vieira, who escaped unscathed following the three-hour gun battle at his home, assured the nation later in a televised address that there was no chance of a coup succeeding.
The authorities in the west African state have publicly portrayed the attack as a mutiny by disaffected soldiers.
However, army sources told news agency AFP on Monday that they were "actively searching" for navy sergeant Alexandre Tchama Yala, nephew of former president, Kumba Yala, who was ousted in a bloodless coup five years ago.
One suspected mutineer was killed and several other soldiers injured following Sunday's pre-dawn gunfight. Renegade fighters attacked Vieira's home using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
Arrests
Six people were arrested in the wake of the attack.
Luis Manual Cabral, state prosecutor, said he was expecting to meet General Tagme Na Waie, the army chief-of-staff, to determine what action, if any, should be taken against the detainees.
The spectre of yet another coup in one of the poorest African nations provoked alarm that the state's fragile democracy would be derailed again.
Abdoulaye Wade, president of neighbouring Senegal, immediately deployed troops along the border following a telephone discussion with Vieira just after the gun battle.
Vieira's African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde comfortably won parliamentary elections on November 16, taking 67 of 100 seats according to provisional results.
Kumba Yala, whose party came second with 28 seats, denounced the results as rigged and pledged to challenge them. He is yet to comment on Sunday's attack.
Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/11/20081124154056505128.html
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A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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mansasulu
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Posted - 25 Nov 2008 : 15:21:19
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| I wonder what happened to the last alleged coup plotter who absconded to the Gambia? |
"...Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest..." Sura Al-Rad (Chapter 13, Verse 28)
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 25 Nov 2008 : 17:34:46
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I think Nino should go. He was President before and came back again. Our leaders just like to be Presidents for life. Its time for him to go. Otherwise, he will suffer the same fate as those before him. Get killed or die in exile.
We cannot recycle thesame people all the time and expect different results.
Give chance to others. LONG LIVE TERM LIMITS IN AFRICA!!!!!!!!!
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