Guinea-Bissau's junta formed a government on Saturday days after taking power in a coup, as ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville.

The military took control of the Portuguese-speaking nation on Wednesday -- a day before the provisional results of national elections were due to be announced -- and Embalo had initially left for neighbouring Senegal.

On Saturday the junta tapped 28 people, including five army officers and four women, to lead the drug-trafficking hotspot.

Elsewhere in the capital Bissau, the west African country's leading opposition party said its headquarters had been "invaded" by a "heavily armed militia", while clashes broke out between young people and police in the suburbs.

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