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World Service,20 Sep 2003,26 mins

Military Takeover in Guineau Bissau

This Week and Africa

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A bloodless coup prompts change in Guinea-Bissau. The coup was the country's third in five years in reaction to President Kumba Iala's failure to organise elections in the country. Also on the programme, illegal immigrants expelled from Djibouti and the 15,000 troops sent to Liberia to keep the peace.

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