Guinea-Bissau interim president Cipriano Cassama has stepped down over security concerns, two days after he was sworn in. “An interim president needs to have all the security conditions to fulfil his duties,” Cassama said in the capital Bissau on Sunday. “Today my life’s in danger, my family’s life’s in danger, the population’s life’s in danger. That’s why I’ve decided to resign,” he said. Cassama was sworn in by legislators late on Friday after the ruling party deemed the swearing in a day earlier of Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the winner of December elections, was illegal. Cassama said he would retain his post as parliament speaker.
SOURCE: BUSINESS DAY LIVE