US EditionGeneral sworn in as new Guinea-Bissau leader, ousted president arrives in Senegal
General Horta N'Ta leads a one-year military transition after a coup halted Guinea-Bissau's contested election, amid claims of drug trafficking and political power struggles.
- On Thursday, soldiers announced they had seized power in Bissau and installed Gen. Horta N'Tam as transitional leader for one year, while deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló fled to Senegal aboard a military flight.
- Sunday's contested presidential vote left both Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Fernando Dias claiming victory, while Dias said the coup was fabricated to block his win and the military accused national politicians and a drug lord of plotting to manipulate results.
- Gunfire rang out in Bissau on Wednesday near the electoral commission headquarters and presidential palace as soldiers sealed offices, detained Domingos Simões Pereira, and Fernando Dias said he escaped custody; borders were initially closed then reopened Thursday.
- ECOWAS suspended Guinea-Bissau and announced a high-level mediation mission, while the African Union Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the coup and demanded release of detained officials.
- The country of 2.2 million is long known as a cocaine transit hub tied to political instability, with Guinea-Bissau joining about ten regional coups since 2020 that analysts link to democratic erosion.
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General sworn in as interim leader of Guinea-Bissau after coup
Officers order suspension of electoral process, border closures a day before presidential vote results expected.By: Rédaction Africanews with APNov. 27, 2025Military officials in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday named a general as the country’s transitional president.Horta Inta-A’s inauguration came a day after soldiers toppled the civilian leadership in a swift power grab ahead of the announcement of the weekend’s election results.In a statement, he j…
Exfilter to Dakar and then Brazzaville, the former president dechu Embalo becomes a bulky hote, while the opposition declares a putsch orchestra to block the results of the presidential of 23 November.
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AftonbladetGuinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has fled to Congo-Brazzaville.
The deposed president of Guinea Bisáu, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has arrived in the last hours in Brazaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, in his final stage after leaving his country after the military coup d’état this week. Sissoco Embaló, according to sources from 'Jeune Afrique' and from multiple regional media, has seen how the Congolese president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has met his request for asylum after having escaped to Senegal…
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