•Overthrown Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission has said it cannot finalise results of the presidential election, as unknown gunmen broke into its office and stole vote tally sheets. According to the commission on Tuesday (today), the theft happened on the same day the military seized power, report...
•Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has raised questions about the recent coup in Guinea-Bissau, saying that it was strange that the ousted president, Umaro Embalo, announced the military takeover. According to him, what happened in the West African country was a “ceremonial” coup. “What happened in Guinea-Bissau, I wouldn’t call it a...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from its decision-making bodies over a coup in the West African country. ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) took the decision after an emergency meeting late yesterday, reports AFP. “The MSC decides, in accordance with the provisions of the ECOWAS Proto...
•Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following recent political developments in the West African nation. His spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebenfa, confirmed the development in a statement today, noting that Jonathan departed the country aboard a special flight. According to Ebenfa, the former p...
•Brigadier General Denis N’Canha (C) addressing the press yesterday Guinea-Bissau’s military today appointed a General as the country’s new leader for the duration of one year, a day after seizing power, arresting the president, and derailing the announcement of election results. Soldiers patrolled the area around the presidential palace in B...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives is urging the federal government to use all diplomatic efforts to ensure the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is trapped in Guinea-Bissau, following the coup in the West African country. Jonathan is among African leaders on the joint mission of the African Union and the Ec...
•Goodluck Jonathan A senior government source has confirmed that former President Goodluck Jonathan is safe in Guinea Bissau following the recent military takeover in the country. The source, speaking today on condition of anonymity, said arrangements are underway for his return to Nigeria, reports Vanguard. According to the source, a multinat...
•Soldiers Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have announced today they are taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and closing its borders, three days after the poverty-stricken West African nation’s legislative and presidential elections. Earlier in the day, gunfire was heard near the coup-prone country’s ...
•Domingos Simoes Pereira Guinea-Bissau’s opposition leader returned from exile yesterday to submit his candidacy for the country’s presidential election later this year. Domingos Simoes Pereira, a former prime minister and leader of the PAIGC party that led the former Portuguese colony to independence, has spent nine months out of the country ...
The Nigerian Army announced today the deployment of 177 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief of Operations, Nigerian Army, Major General Boniface Sinjen, made the announcement at the graduation ceremony of troops of Nigerian Company 3 ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau at Martin Luther Agwai Inter...
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