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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, to the Élysée Palace. IMAGES
Soldiers patrol the area around the seat of government in Guinea Bissau after sustained gunfire, as regional bloc ECOWAS condemns what it calls 'an attempted coup'. People flee the area, while military vehicles laden with troops drive through the streets. Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The West African nation has seen four military putsches since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974, most recently in 2012. IMAGES
Cipriano Cassama, appointed interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the side beaten in the December presidential election, has stepped down because of death threats less than two days after being nominated. SOUNDBITE
President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea-Bissau votes in in legislative élections. Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the hope of ending a protracted leadership deadlock in a country that has become renowned for drug trafficking and instability. IMAGES
Papua New Guinea holds a welcoming ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping during his state visit to the country ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit. IMAGES of Xi at welcome ceremony with PNG Governor General Bob Dadae.
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