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ANGOLA GUINEA BISSAU Issue dated 17/11/2020

Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020.
Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020. © @dsimoespereira
Already torn apart by the tug of war between the Angolan and Brazilian heads of state, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries now has to navigate the frosty relations between Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and his Angolan opposite number João Lourenço. [...] (332 words)
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