31. In 1958 the newly founded republic of Guinea accepted a Federal German ambassador and a GDR trade mission. 32. Guinea-Bissau, wedged between Senegal and the Republic of Guinea , has a population of about 1 . 1 million people. 33. Senegal and the Republic of Guinea immediately sent in some 3, 000 troops to back President Joao Bernardo Vieira. 34. Expresso cited unidentified sources as saying Vieira was in the Republic of Guinea , which borders Guinea-Bissau to the south. 35. Diallo, from the Republic of Guinea , replaced Alioune Blondin Beye, who was killed in an air crash in June. 36. Vieira, encamped in Bissau, is relying on the support of troops from neighboring Senegal and the Republic of Guinea . 37. Senegal and the Republic of Guinea sent troops to support Vieira after most of his army joined the rebellion. 38. Issa Diallo, from the Republic of Guinea , would be in Angola before the end of the month, he said. 39. Troops from neighboring Senegal and the Republic of Guinea arrived in the country on Tuesday to support the government forces. 40. The Bossou Nature Reserve in the Republic of Guinea pops up from the West African plain like a green thumb.