Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau’s junta leader General Horta N’Tam has been promoted to the rank of major general — the highest in the country’s armed forces, according to a decree he signed and published himself on Thursday. The army seized power in November just days after the country’s presidential elections, overthrowing president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and suspending […]
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the dethroned president of Guinea-Bissau after a military coup, has fled to Senegal for safety on Thursday, according to the Dakar government. Embalo, who was earlier detained by the military, was accused of causing an uprising during the election period by the leading opponent. The foreign ministry in Guinea-Bissau confirmed in […]
The past few years have been plagued by military coups, and Guinea-Bissau has not been exempted. On Wednesday, while others were waiting for the announcement of presidential results, a coup shut down the nation, involving Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and other dignitaries. In a bid to rescue Guinea-Bissau, a virtual emergency meeting via […]
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