Guinea-Bissau’s president has named a new cabinet in a bid to end a two-month political crisis that brought fears of a revival of drug trafficking and instability in the coup-prone West African country.
The decree issued late on Monday came hours after talks collapsed between President Jose Mario Vaz and recently appointed prime minister Carlos Correia, the country’s third prime minister since August.
Nigeria’s special envoy to the country, former President Olusegun Obasanjo only yesterday hinted that a new government would be formed within some hours.
Obasanjo said this when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
“The last time we were able to resolve all the issues of getting a new Prime Minister. This time, we had also been able to resolve the issue of forming a government.
“If nothing intervenes, I believe between today and tomorrow, a new government will be in place in Guinea Bissau. They have been without government for almost two months” he said