Guinea Bissau President Dismisses Cabinet As Part Of Peace Deal

The president of Guinea-Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz, has dismissed his entire cabinet which was headed by Prime Minister Baciro Dja.

Once hailed as a potential model for African development, Guinea-Bissau is now one of the poorest countries in the world, regularly rocked by social and political instability.

In 2015, a year after coming to power President Vaz dismissed his prime minister and party colleague, Domingos Simoes Pereira, following a series of disputes between the two, including the naming of a new Army Chief.

Baciro Dja was later named as Pereira's replacement but that did not put an end to the political crisis.

Talks in neighboring Guinea led to a deal for the naming of a consensual Prime Minister. Baciro Dja and his cabinet were dismissed as part of that political deal.

BBC