Rebels reject nominee prosecutor

Guinea Bissau's Military Junta has rejected a presidential nominee for public prosecutor, marking renewed tension in the country's shaky implementation of a 1998 peace agreement, Reuters reported. The junta, which comprises army rebels now in control of most of the country after a military rebellion last year against President Joao Bernardo Vieira, had objected to the nomination of Luis Cabral on Monday because it had not been consulted. A spokesman added that the appointment was thus in contravention of the peace deal signed in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, between Vieira and his rival, the junta leader General Ansumane Mane. The new controversy comes in the wake of a non-violent but tension-filled confrontation on Friday between rival forces over the sacking of the mayor of the capital Bissau, a Vieira appointee.