Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Vaz sacked PM Carlos Correia and dissolved his government on Thursday, in a move that threatened to deepen political turmoil. He called for consultations among political parties to select a prime minister charged with forming a new government. As it was slowly emerging from a military takeover in 2012, Guinea-Bissau was once again plunged into an institutional crisis when in August Vaz dismissed his political rival Domingos Simoes Pereira, then serving as prime minister. Guinea-Bissau has not seen a democratically elected leader serve a full term since independence from Portugal in 1974. "Carlos Correia's government is incapable of managing the crisis and creating better political and institutional conditions for (the government's) full function," Vaz said in an address at the presidency.

Source: The Star May 13, 2016 01:26 UTC