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Guinea-Bissau: Military Coverage for Sissoco Only Until Elections

On the morning of 23.SEP, coinciding with the 51st anniversary of independence and with the presence of USE at the Summit of the Future at the United Nations headquarters in New York, elements of the Presidential Battalion and the National Guard were sent to parliament, blocking access to officials and deputies and providing security for ADJA SATU CAMARÁ PINTO (ASC), vice president of the ANP and leader of the dissident faction of MADEM-G15, promoted by USE to remove coordinator BRAIMA CAMARÁ.
The group of militants from MADEM-G15 who claim to represent the "true" party is led by ASC, MARCIANO SILVA BARBEIRO, SOARES SAMBÚ, ARISTIDES OCANTE da SILVA, and DOMÉNICO SANCA. READ MORE