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Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) strongly condemned an outbreak of fighting among military forces Friday in Guinea-Bissau, where the situation had returned to calm Saturday.
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Saturday said this week's deadly violence involving members of the National Guard was an "attempted coup" as the army ordered them back to barracks.
The Guinea-Bissau army ordered National Guard forces back to barracks on Saturday, following unrest that left at least two people dead and brought condemnation from the regional bloc ECOWAS. Clashes between members of the National Guard and special forces of the presidential guard broke out
The Guinea-Bissau army ordered National Guard forces back to barracks on Saturday, following unrest that left at least two people dead and brought condemnation from the regional bloc ECOWAS. 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. The two government members were detained again after the army removed them from National Guard control.
ECOWAS stated in a statement that it "strongly condemns the violence and all attempts to disrupt the constitutional order and rule of law