US EditionAfrican Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after military coup
The military suspended the electoral process and borders, installed General Horta N'Tam as transitional leader for one year, prompting the African Union and ECOWAS to suspend Guinea-Bissau.
- On Wednesday, Guinea-Bissau military officers announced they had assumed full control, effectively overthrowing incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló about three days after the vote.
- Opposition presidential candidate Fernando Dias and Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló both claimed victory in the Nov. 23 presidential election, heightening tensions before the military seized power citing a plot with "the support of a well-known drug baron".
- The officers immediately suspended electoral activities, closed borders, halted media, imposed a nine-hour curfew starting at 9 pm , and Umaro Sissoco Embaló was evacuated to Senegal and later Abuja, Nigeria.
- The AU Peace and Security Council moved to immediately suspend Guinea-Bissau from AU activities on Friday while ECOWAS suspended it from decision-making bodies and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the coup.
- The appointments position Guinea-Bissau for a year-long military transition as Gen. Horta N'Tam, former army chief of staff, leads and names Ilidio Vieira T� prime minister, deepening AU suspension.
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IOL PortugalThe military strike in Guinea-Bissau took place in the evening of publication of the provisional results of the general elections last Sunday.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended the nation of Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making roles after its civilian government was overthrown in a coup. The post Dramatic Coup d’Etat Sweeps Guinea-Bissau appeared first on Breitbart.
Daily Post Nigeria
AU suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup
The African Union, AU, has suspended Guinea-Bissau after the coup in the country that overthrew President Umaro Embalo. Chairman of AU, Mahamoud Youssouf, said the union decided to suspend Guinea-Bissau from its bodies with immediate effect. DAILY POST reports that the regional body’s decision came hours after the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, suspended the West African nation from its decision-making bodies over the coup. E…
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