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Disgruntled soldiers stage brief mutiny

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    Disgruntled soldiers on Wednesday blocked access to their barracks in Bissau after reportedly firing shots into the air from their Kalachnikovs to demand the payment of salary arrears, media organisations reported.

    A humanitarian source in Bissau reported the soldiers as saying they would speak to none other than Brigadier Ansumane Mane. They ended their mutiny after Mane, who heads the Military Junta that overthrew president Joao Bernardo Vieira in May, promised to settle the salary arrears on Thursday, the source said.

    The BBC said about 160 soldiers were involved in the mutiny.

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