Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo has issued a decree dissolving parliament after saying that he had survived an attempted coup last week. Heavy battles raged in the early hours of Friday in the capital Bissau between members of the national guard, which is linked to the interior ministry, and the …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau: ex-drug dealer implicated for the failed putsch
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoko Embaló says the masterminds of last week’s coup attempt served time in US jails for drug trafficking. The president said a former navy admiral and two of his aides were involved in a well-funded plot to assassinate him, his prime minister and other senior officials. He …
Read More »ECOWAS to deploy security forces in Guinea-Bissau
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it will deploy security forces to Guinea-Bissau to help stabilise the country after this week’s attempted coup. The regional bloc made the announcement after a summit held in Accra, Ghana. “The force will help prevent any attempted coups in future,” it …
Read More »Guinea Bissau: six dead in the failed coup
At least six people were killed in a failed attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Reuters news agency reports on Wednesday, quoting state radio. “The dead in Tuesday’s assault included four assailants and two members of the presidential guard,” the State Radio said. President Embalo had announced on …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau: “failed coup could be linked to drug trade” – President Embalo
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 …
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