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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 …

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dissolved the parliament, three months after he had said he had survived a coup attempt, several media reported. In a statement quoted by the Reuters news agency he accused the lawmakers of corruption. He also cited “persistent and unresolved differences” with parliament, the AFP …

The sound of heavy gunfire heard in Guinea Bissau’s capital created panic among some civil servants nearly a week after an attempted coup. But the attack by unknown gunmen was not on government buildings but rather the offices of a private radio station. Capital Radio’s equipment – including its transmitter, …

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 …

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 …

The former head of the Guinean-Bissau army will not be handed over to the United States where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking offenses. The announcement was made by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Last week, the US authorities announced a $5m bounty for information leading to the arrest …

A freelance journalist based in Guinea Bissau suffered extreme physical harm when he was attacked and his tongue cut out by unknown people on Tuesday. António Aly Silva accused the element of power to be behind his kidnapping and aggression on Tuesday night. Antonio has maintained that he will continue …

In a statement, Macky Sall the Senegalese president said the country is offering Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 10,000 vaccines each “as a form of African solidarity” Senegal recently purchased its first 200,000 doses from Sinopharm and national rollout began on Tuesday. In Gambia, more than 4,500 people are known to have …