Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out near a government compound where Embalo had been chairing a …
Read More »Coup in Guinea-Bissau: president Embaló reacts
In a very brief telephone interview with AFP, Guinea-Bissau President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló reassured his population that everything was fine and that the situation was under control. This Tuesday, February 1, 2022, shootings were reported in the city center near the country’s institutions. Armed men in civilian clothes opened fire …
Read More »Guinea Bissau president detained by gunmen-report
Mutinous soldiers arrested Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his ministers as they were holding a meeting, BBC News reports, citing a local journalist. It has not been possibly to independently verify this allegation, and no official word has been given yet of the whereabouts of Guinea-Bissau’s president and prime …
Read More »Coup attempt in Guinea Bissau
Reports point to an ongoing coup attempt in Guinea Bissau where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam are missing. According to informations, armed men in civilian clothing opened fire at the ministerial palace in the capital, Bissau, where the president and prime minister were holding a …
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