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Guinea-Bissau's Kumba Yala: from crisis to crisis
afrol News / A Semana, 17 May
- Ex-President Kumba Yala of Guinea-Bissau, a highly intelligent philosopher and demagogue, is leading the poor country from one political disaster to the other.His proclamation this week of being the country's rightful President has caused outrage in Guinea-Bissau and the international society, fearing the country could miss out on a unique possibility to secure peace and stability.
Biography of kumba yala
Kumba Yala, the man currently doing more than anyone else to upset political stability in Guinea-Bissau, was born 15 March 1953 in Bula, in the Cacheu region, to a Balanta farming family. The Balanta people today represents some 25 percent of the country's 690,000 voters.
In his youth he was a militant member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which on 24 September 1973 proclaimed Guinea Bissau's independence, which was only recognised by Portug