The next leader of Guinea-Bissau said today it “is facing a very delicate situation” following the assassination of president Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira.

The president of tiny African state Guinea-Bissau was assassinated in his palace today hours after a bomb killed his rival, the head of the military.

Rebel soldiers murdered Guinea-Bissau’s President Joao Bernardo Vieira today hours after a bomb killed his rival, the armed forces chief of the West African nation.