The president of Guinea Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo
Guinea Bissau in chaos after military storms the government building, sources report gunshots
Political and economic union in West Africa Ecowas condemned what appears to be a possible coup in Guinea Bissauwhile the national public radio broadcaster announced the capture of the president Umaro Sissoco Embalò he was born in Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam.
In an area, that sub-Saharanwhere theinstability caused by the jihadist militias has provoked a series of coupslocal press sources report that the military group stormed the government building where a meeting of the Council of Ministers was underway they drew All the ministers present at the meeting are also under arrest. No official confirmation has so far come at the moment.
“Ecowas condemns this attack on the state and holds the local military responsible for the physical security of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and his government”, reads a tweet from the body that brings together 15 West African countries. The message comes after reports of gunshots being fired at the presidential palace Bissau.
It is currently unclear whether there was a coup attempt and whether it was successful. The neighbour Burkina Faso was expelled from Ecowas after a military coup overthrew the democratically elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore. For the past 18 months, the military has taken power in Mali, Chad, Sudan and Guinea.
Also there Economic Community of West African States (Cedeao) condemned what he calls a “coup attempt” in Guinea-Bissau by urging the military to return to the barracks. “The Cedeao is following up with great concern the evolution of the situation in Guinea-Bissau where military gunfire is taking place around the government building. Cedeao condemns this attempted coup d’état and holds the military responsible for the security of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo ‘and members of his government “, said the body in a statement.
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