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Angola, Guinea Bissau
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. © @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. [...]

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