Just three days before the military takeover, Bissau-Guineans voted in a presidential election. Embaló, 53, was running for a second term and his closest challenger was Fernando Dias da Costa.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this week.
The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. This region has, since 2020, become the ...
Bloc warns of sanctions on all individuals or groups of people who obstruct return to constitutional order, 'if the demand to ...
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Africa coups: Guinea Bissau makes it 10 in five years
The military takeover in Guinea-Bissau brings the number of coups on the turbulent continent of Africa in five years to 10. - Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso underwent two military coups in 2022.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, marking another military takeover in West Africa. The coup followed a contested presidential election where both President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and ...
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Benin is the latest African country to experience a coup. Here is a look at other military takeovers
Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this ...
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