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Guinea Bissau President names new PM in bid to end crisis


    BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to end a power vacuum after he dismissed Domingos Simoes Pereira last week, according to a presidential decree read on state radio.

    The appointment of Baciro Dja was condemned by some members of the ruling PAIGC party who called for a public protest in the coastal capital Bissau.

    (Reporting by Amatijane Cande; Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Daniel Flynn)