The military in Guinea-Bissau has appointed a general as the country’s new leader for one year, a day after staging a coup to seize power and arresting the president of the West African nation as contentious election results were imminent.

“I have just been sworn in to lead the High Command,” General Horta Nta Na Man declared after taking the oath of office in a ceremony at the military’s headquarters on Thursday, AFP journalists observed.

Dozens of heavily armed soldiers were deployed at the scene.

On Wednesday, a day after two leading candidates in a tightly contested presidential election each declared victory , a group of military officers claimed “total control” of the country.

Calling themselves the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, the officers read out a s

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