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The election observation missions to Guinea-Bissau set up by the African Union and Economic Community of West African States, and the West African Elders Forum, have condemned the halt of the announcement of presidential and legislative elections and subsequent military takeover in the West African country.
The military takeover in Guinea-Bissau came minutes after embattled President Umaro Sissoco Embaló claimed he had been placed under arrest at the presidential palace.
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has claimed he has been placed under arrest by the army as gunfire heard around the electoral commission headquarters in Guinea Bissau on Wednesday.
The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM), led by Ambassador Issufu Baba Braimah Kamara, observed a calm, orderly and transparent voting process during the opening and closing of polling stations observed in Bissau.
Independent candidate Fernando Dias da Costa, backed by the Social Renewal Party (PRS) and the Terra Ranka Coalition led by…
The presidential election in Guinea-Bissau, involving over 960,000 eligible voters, proceeded without major incidents on Sunday, November 23.
Guinea-Bissau’s Judicial Police (PJ) arrested a Luso-Guinean citizen on 11 November 2025 after he was found carrying seventy capsules of…
President Adama Barrow has announced a state visit to Guinea Bissau as Banjul forge stronger ties with Bissau. Barrow’s visit…
Guinea-Bissau’s Judicial Police on Tuesday intercepted a passenger carrying four kilograms of cocaine, in the latest operation targeting international drug…
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dismissed the government led by Rui Duarte de Barros and appointed Braima Camará as…