General Verissimo Correia Seabre has declared himself president of Guinea-Bissau after seizing power in a coup. The army chief of staff says he will remain leader until elections are organised in the West African state. Soldiers have announced they are setting up a transitional government to include "all national political orientations". They are holding President Kumba Yalla in detention, even though they have promised to release him later. There are soldiers on the streets of the capital, Bissau, which is reported to be quiet and no shots have been fired. All government ministers have been ordered to report to a public building in the capital of the former Portuguese colony.

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