Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo named Rui Duarte de Barros as prime minister in a bid to consolidate his power following an attempted coup in the West African nation.
De Barros will replace Geraldo Martins, according to a statement by Fernando Delfim da Silva, Embalo’s political adviser, on Wednesday. Martins was first dismissed after gunfire erupted between the Presidential…