The Guinea-Bissau military appointed a general as the country’s new leader on Thursday for one year, a day after seizing power and arresting the president of the coup-prone west African nation. “I ...

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 ...

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is in Senegal after being detained during a military coup in his country, the government in Dakar said Thursday, as a lead opponent accused him of ...

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is in Senegal after being detained during a military coup in his country, the government in Dakar said Thursday, as a leading opponent accused him of ...

Guinea-Bissau's military appointed a general as the country's new leader on Thursday, a day after seizing power, arresting the president and derailing the announcement of election results. Opposition ...

The country's new leaders banned protests, and a heavy security presence was visible in the streets of Bissau, with soldiers patrolling the area around the presidential palace where heavy gunfire ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau: Guinea-Bissau’s military appointed a general as the country’s new leader for the duration of one year Thursday, a day after seizing power, arresting the president and derailing ...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers claimed taking total control of the country, citing the need to clarify the ...

Soldiers have appeared on state TV in Guinea-Bissau to say the country's military has seized power, accusing its president of interfering in Sunday's election as he revealed he had been "deposed".

Guinea-Bissau’s military deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Wednesday and closed the country’s land, sea, and air borders, saying it had uncovered a plot to “destabilize” the nation. A group of ...

A group of army officers has seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau after storming the presidential palace and declaring that all borders are closed. They took to state TV to make the announcement ...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has been arrested by armed men, government sources have told the BBC, after gunfire was heard near the presidential palace. Witnesses in the capital, ...