{"id":1853,"date":"2025-11-26T21:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:55:17","slug":"guinea-bissaus-president-umaro-embalo-arrested-amid-coup-detat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau\u2019s President Umaro Embalo arrested amid \u2018coup d\u2019etat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guinea-Bissau\u2019s President Umaro Embalo says he was arrested while he was inside the presidential palace today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also arrested are the chief of staff, General Biague Na Ntan, deputy chief of staff General Mamadou Traore, and the interior minister, Botche Cande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the president, no force was used against him during what he says was a \u2018coup d\u2019etat,\u2019 which he says was led by the army chief of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporters on the ground say they heard gunfire at the National Electoral Commission headquarters and in the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has been awaiting results from Sunday\u2019s presidential election which President Embalo had said he won 65 per cent of the votes cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embalo\u2019s camp and that of opposition candidate Fernando Dias de Costa have claimed first-round victory in the November 23 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced Wednesday they were taking \u201ctotal control\u201d of the country, the AFP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officers also suspended the country\u2019s electoral process and closed its borders, three days after the poverty-stricken West African nation\u2019s legislative and presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the early afternoon, General Denis N\u2019Canha, head of the presidential military office, told members of the press that a command \u201ccomposed of all branches of the armed forces, was taking over the leadership of the country until further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He read the announcement seated at a table and surrounded by armed soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tumultuous West African country has experienced four coups since independence, as well as multiple attempted coups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u2019Canha, in his declaration, claimed to have uncovered a plan to destabilise the country \u201cinvolving national drug lords\u201d that had included \u201cthe introduction of weapons into the country to alter the constitutional order\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to halting \u201cthe entire electoral process\u201d, he said military forces had suspended \u201call media programming\u201d and imposed a mandatory curfew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guinea-Bissau is among the world\u2019s poorest countries and is also a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and Europe, a trade facilitated by the country\u2019s long history of political instability. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/11\/26\/guinea-bissaus-president-umaro-embalo-arrested-amid-coup-detat\/\">(Channels)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea-Bissau\u2019s President Umaro Embalo says he was arrested while he was inside the presidential palace today. 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