Senegal's prime minister and a former Nigerian leader both reckon the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau was basically theater. Ousmane Sonko and Goodluck Jonathan claim President Umaro Embaló staged his own removal with army help to dodge election results he might have lost, but neither guy dropped receipts proving it. Local groups are also calling it a fake coup since Embaló personally rang up French TV to announce his government got toppled, which seems pretty sus compared to how other regional coups actually went down.
The military suspended vote counting and blocked results from dropping after grabbing power. They insist they stopped some plot involving drug traffickers from wrecking the country. Guinea-Bissau has dealt with multiple coups before, and Embaló already dissolved parliament after claiming he survived another attempt back in 2023. The African Union and regional bloc Ecowas both yanked the country's membership over the whole mess.
The military suspended vote counting and blocked results from dropping after grabbing power. They insist they stopped some plot involving drug traffickers from wrecking the country. Guinea-Bissau has dealt with multiple coups before, and Embaló already dissolved parliament after claiming he survived another attempt back in 2023. The African Union and regional bloc Ecowas both yanked the country's membership over the whole mess.
