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New coalition government without ex-ruling party

    NAIROBI

    A new government has been formed by Prime Minister Caetano Ntchama which includes members of former opposition parties but not of the former ruling party, news organisations reported at the weekend.

    Ntchama on Saturday gave cabinet places to members of President Kumba Yala's Partido da Renovacao Social, and the second-placed Resistencia Guine Bissau of Helder Vaz, as well as other parties which had been in opposition, news organisations reported. The new government, formed after the country's multi-party presidential and legislative elections, is the first to exclude the long-dominant party of independence from Portugal,
    Partido Africano da Independencia da Guinea e Cabo Verde, Lusa reported.

    Yala, in a speech during the government's swearing in on Saturday, has challenged the new government to make the fight against corruption its top priority.

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