Across Africa, contested ballots, violent crackdowns, coups d’état and military transitions morphing into long-term rule ...

Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from ...

In 2025, constitutional governance across parts of Africa came under renewed strain as military forces intervened in political turmoil from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic, with two coups succeeding ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. A few hours after gunshots were heard near the presidential ...

ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau’s military rulers and demanded a swift return to constitutional order, warning of targeted ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Moscow MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for ...

Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by the military forces who toppled his government this week, Senegal's authorities have ...

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former president have both said they believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau's president this week was staged. Umaro Sissoco Embaló's apparent removal by the ...

One morning in early 2005, the villagers of Biombo found hundreds of carefully sealed packets of white powder washed up on their mangrove flats on Guinea-Bissau’s Atlantic coast. The women discovered ...

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In this photo taken from video provided by TGB Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau's new junta leader Gen. Horta Inta-A, takes an oath of office in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (TGB Guinea ...