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Army pledges loyalty to new government

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    The leader of Guinea-Bissau’s former military junta has said that the army will stay out of politics and remain loyal to the government of President-elect Kumba Yala, news organisations reported.

    In a statement broadcast over Bissau radio on Monday, Brigadier General Ansumane Mane pledged “loyalty and subordination” to the incoming president. This was the junta’s first reaction to Yala’s landslide victory in a 16 January runoff vote against Malam Bacai Sanha, the caretaker president it appointed after ousting former president Nino Vieira in May 1999.

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