The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Embalo, issued a decree today dissolving the parliament after an attempted coup in the West African nation. Violence had erupted between members of the national guard and special forces of the presidential guard on Thursday night in the capital, Bissau, leaving two people dead before the army ordered its forces…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) strongly condemned an outbreak of fighting Friday in Guinea-Bissau, where the situation had returned to calm Saturday. Clashes between members of the national guard and special forces of the presidential guard broke out Thursday night in the capital Bissau, leaving two dead. ECOWAS “strongly condemns the violence…
President Bola Tinubu is set to join other heads of state and government in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on Thursday to commemorate the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary and Armed Forces Day. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Wednesday by the President’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. The celebration, which originally marked Guinea-Bissau’s 50th Independence Anniversary on September…