Coup, drug claims rock Guinea Bissau politics

Guinea-Bissau's President José Mário Vaz greets Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta while on a State visit in Kenya. President Vaz dissolved the country's Parliament on Monday prompting allegations of coup plots, drug trafficking and voter roll manipulation among the political elite ahead of elections set for November 24. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP.

A blame game has ensued among Guinea Bissau's political elites after President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government led by Prime Minister Aristide Gomez on Monday.

It was the third government to be dissolved in two years with Mr Gomes latest administration lasting only five months.