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| Guinea-Bissau's President Vaz sacks his government | Guinea-Bissau's President Vaz sacks his government |
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| Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with Prime Minister Domingos Pereira. | Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with Prime Minister Domingos Pereira. |
| The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues including the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff. | The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues including the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff. |
| The West African state returned to civilian rule in June last year. | The West African state returned to civilian rule in June last year. |
| With a history of coups, no elected leader has served a full term since independence from Portugal in 1974. | With a history of coups, no elected leader has served a full term since independence from Portugal in 1974. |
| Many senior military officers have also been accused of turning the country into a narco-state as it a major hub for cocaine smuggled from Latin America to Europe. | |
| BBC Africa's Zenaida Machado says the announcement follows weeks of tension between the president and the prime minister. | BBC Africa's Zenaida Machado says the announcement follows weeks of tension between the president and the prime minister. |
| In a televised address, Mr Vaz said a simple reshuffle would not be sufficient to solve the problem. | In a televised address, Mr Vaz said a simple reshuffle would not be sufficient to solve the problem. |
| "It is public knowledge that there is a crisis undermining the proper working of institutions," the AFP news agency quoted him as saying. | |
| The UN Security Council has asked the leaders to resume dialogue. | The UN Security Council has asked the leaders to resume dialogue. |
| Earlier in the week, Portugal warned that development aid could be at risk if the country slipped back into instability. | |
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