Domingos Simões Pereira
Guinea-Bissau: A coup staged to protect the neocolonial order?
Claiming to be under arrest, President Embaló has left the country while his opponents remain in custody after a military coup a day ahead of the announcement of the final results
Political crisis in Guinea-Bissau deepens as president dissolves parliament, dismisses government
On December 4, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the National People’s Assembly citing an alleged coup attempt. The move followed just months after a coalition led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won a decisive majority in the elections
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