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…
In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform, United States President Donald Trump declared that South Africa would not receive an invitation to the 2026 Group of 20 G20 summit, which the United States is set to host in Miami, Florida. The announcement, made on Wednesday 26 November 2025, escalated a long-simmering feud between…
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…
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa will be excluded from next year’s G20 summit hosted by the United States, escalating a bitter diplomatic feud and immediately halting all remaining payments and subsidies to the African nation. In a characteristically blunt social media post, Trump declared: “At my direction, South Africa will…
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…
A damning audit has exposed a gaping hole in Kenya public finances, with KSh 300 billion raised through government bonds over six years nowhere to be found. Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, a vocal critic of government spending, is leading the charge for answers, accusing the National Treasury and Central Bank of Kenya of a monumental…
Kenya electoral body faces a defining moment on Thursday 27 November as voters head to the polls in 24 by-elections across the country, a crucial test that could either rebuild shattered public trust or deepen doubts ahead of the 2027 general election. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission then IEBC, only reconstituted in July, is…
Ugandan security forces have arrested more than 300 supporters and officials of opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party since presidential campaigning began last month, amid rising tensions before the January 2026 elections, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. Crackdown intensifies in Kampala The detentions, which include scores picked up this week in the capital Kampala, come…
Facing growing internal rebellion barely a month after Raila Odinga’s death, the new Orange Democratic Movement party leader Oburu Oginga has moved quickly to surround himself with a tight circle of loyalists drawn from Cabinet, county bosses and family members. The 82-year-old senator’s rapid consolidation of power comes as younger party figures openly challenge the…
