Guinea-Bissau Junta Claims 'Ethnic Civil War' Risk Justifies Coup
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The 365-day counter runs at full speed for the Guinean junta of Bissau. 08 days after the coup d'état, the first institutional tools of the transition are revealed. The Guinean junta has announced the creation of a National Transitional Council and a Charter intended to restore constitutional legality. But these new bodies, still opaque in their operation, strengthen above all the military hold in power.
G.Bissau junta claims 'ethnic civil war' risk justifies coup
Bissau (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Guinea-Bissau's military authorities on Thursday justified taking power in the small west African nation by arguing the country faced the "risk of ethnic civil war" after last month's elections. After toppling sitting president Umaro Sissoco Embalo on November 26, the junta originally alleged drug barons were conspiring to sow chaos in the country, a hotspot of cocaine-trafficking. But o
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