Military take over government of Guine-Bissau

14/09/2003 - 16h49

Brasilia, 9/15/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - A military uprising occurred in Guine-Bissau, a Portuguese-speaking nation on the coast of western Africa, this Sunday. General Verissimo Correia Seabra, the Army Chief of Staff, is reported to be at the head of an organization called the "Military Committee for the recovery of Democratic Constitutional Order" which is now running the country after overthrowing president Kumba Ialá. (AB)