People mourn death of Guinea-Bissau armed forces chief of staff General Batista Tagme Na Wai in Bissau...
People mourn the death of Guinea-Bissau armed forces chief of staff General Batista Tagme Na Wai, who was killed in attack, during the family funeral in Bissau March 7, 2009, one day before the official funeral. The deaths of Na Wai and Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was assassinated on Monday in an apparent revenge attack for the death of Na Wai, have removed two of the most powerful figures in Bissau's recent history. The country has suffered repeated bouts of civil unrest, military revolt and coups since winning independence in 1974 after a bloody conflict. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (GUINEA-BISSAU OBITUARY MILITARY POLITICS)