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New Guinea-Bissau PM named in attempt to end political crisis

Guinea Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO

Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister late on Tuesday.

He appointed Augusto Antonio Artur Da Silva by decree after the previous PM resigned in a bid to end a political crisis. The new prime minister's first job will be to organise fresh parliamentary elections in the coming months.

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