A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday for urgent talks with the country’s new military rulers, barely a week after soldiers seized power following a disputed presidential election. The visit, led by Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio – the current Ecowas chairman – comes…
Deposed Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has left Senegal and arrived in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, days after a military coup removed him from power. Embalo’s chief of staff, Califa Soares Cassama, confirmed on Saturday that the former leader is safe in the Congolese capital. Government sources in Brazzaville told AFP the…
The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities with immediate effect after soldiers seized power in the West African state on Wednesday. AU and ECOWAS act swiftly The African Union Peace and Security Council announced the suspension on Friday, citing its zero-tolerance policy on unconstitutional changes of government. The 15-member council demanded the…
General Horta Inta-A Na Man has appointed a close ally of deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo as prime minister, deepening questions over whether the recent coup was genuine or staged. General Horta Inta-A, who declared himself transitional president on Thursday, on Friday named Ilidio Vieira Te – Embalo’s former finance minister and campaign director –…
Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Senegal on Thursday evening, one day after soldiers overthrew him in a swift military coup that has thrown the small West African nation into fresh turmoil. The 52-year-old former brigadier-general, who had been detained in Bissau since Wednesday, was flown out on a Senegalese government-chartered military aircraft…
In the volatile West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, where political upheaval has long been a grim fixture, the military has once again stepped into the fray. On 27 November 2025 General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as head of a one-year transitional government, just a day after soldiers arrested President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and seized…
General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as Guinea-Bissau transitional president on Thursday, one day after military officers overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in the latest coup to hit the troubled West African nation. Military takes oath amid election chaos The swearing-in ceremony took place at army headquarters in Bissau, where N’Tam, the former armed forces…
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on 26 November they had seized “total control” of the West African nation, deposing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and suspending a disputed electoral process just days after a presidential vote in which both leading candidates claimed victory. The takeover, marked by gunfire in the capital Bissau, adds to the country’s…
Voters in coup-plagued Guinea-Bissau headed to the polls Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election, with incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo aiming to secure a second term — a feat no leader has achieved in three decades in this West African nation scarred by political turmoil and drug trafficking. Key contenders in the race Embalo, a…
