US EditionGuinea-Bissau junta sets election date following last year’s coup
The military junta claims conditions for free elections are met and sets December 6 for polls amid political instability and drug trafficking issues affecting Guinea-Bissau.
- On Wednesday, Gen. Horta Inta-a issued a presidential decree setting presidential and legislative elections for Dec. 6, saying all conditions for free, fair and transparent elections had been met.
- Days after November's vote, the military toppled the government, overthrowing President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, suspending elections, inaugurating Inta-a for a one-year transition, while a charter bars N'Tam from running.
- An ECOWAS delegation led by Julius Maada Bio and Bassirou Diomaye Faye visited Bissau and urged a short, transparent transition while demanding release of Domingos Simoes Pereira.
- The move matters in a country of 2.2 million long linked to drug trafficking, which experts say has fueled political crises amid regional coups since 2020 in West Africa.
- West Africa's wave of coups since 2020 provides context for the junta's moves, with Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya's 2021 seizure in Guinea setting a regional precedent.
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The CitizenGuinea Bissau sets December 2026 election date after coup
Jan 22 - Guinea Bissau has scheduled presidential and legislative elections to be held on December 6, following a coup in the troubled West African nation late last year that disrupted the electoral process. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two months after the coup d'état that overthrew Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on the eve of the announcement of the presidential results, the ruling military junta announced on Wednesday 21 January the holding of the parliamentary and presidential elections. In a decree read on national television, they are fixed on 6 December, but the announcement raises many questions.
Guinea-Bissau Sets Election Date Amidst Political Turmoil
Guinea-Bissau's military junta has announced elections for December 6, following a coup last year. This West African nation, troubled by coups and drug trafficking, aims to transition to civilian governance. The junta promises free and fair elections, echoing similar military interventions in West Africa.
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