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Soldiers protest against delay in salaries

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    Members of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces staged a protest on Wednesday morning against a delay in the payment of salaries which had been promised to them by Tuesday, humanitarian sources told IRIN.

    The soldiers blocked roads, paralysing transport in the capital, and told people to return home, according to a humanitarian source who said that as far as he knew the protest was peaceful. By mid-afternoon, the road blocks had been removed and the protest had ended.

    The source told IRIN that representatives of the protesters said on national radio that the protest was not directed against the population but was being held solely to demand overdue salaries.

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