Lisbon - The government of the West African state of Guinea-Bissau and rebels seeking to overthrow it signed a ceasefire yesterday and agreed to open talks aimed at ending a 50-day civil war. The truce was called to allow formal peace talks between the government of President Joao Vieira and rebels to begin within 10 days.
Truce to allow peace talks
Lisbon - The government of the West African state of Guinea-Bissau and rebels seeking to overthrow it signed a ceasefire yesterday…
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