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Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the opposition-led parliament, following 'the seriousness of the events of November 30 and December 1' which the presiden...
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation’s opposition-controlled parliament, less than six months after it was reconstituted following a similar move
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation's opposition-led parliament.Embalo used a shootout between loyalist and parliament-controlled troops that occurred last week to justify the power grab."The date for holding the next legislative elections will be set in due time in accordance with the provisions of … the Constitution," the decree
A shootout in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Friday was an attempted coup, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said Sunday after a meeting with security forces, confirming fears over the latest threat to democracy in the increasingly volatile and coup-hit West Africa. “They attempted a coup and failed to materialize their objective,” Embalo said, after members of the National Guard command improperly released two ministers detained over alleged corruption, resulting in a shootout with the Presidential Palace Battalion. During a visit to the National Guard command in Bissau, Embalo s...
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree Monday dissolving the nation’s opposition-controlled parliament, less than six months after it was reconstituted following a similar move