{"id":1923,"date":"2025-12-02T19:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:59:57","slug":"ousted-guinea-bissau-president-arrives-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1923","title":{"rendered":"Ousted Guinea-Bissau president arrives in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guinea-Bissau\u2019s ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo\u2019s capital Brazzaville on Saturday, days after he was overthrown by the military, Congolese government sources told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile in the capital Bissau, the West African country\u2019s leading opposition party said its headquarters had been \u201cinvaded\u201d by a \u201cheavily armed militia\u201d, in the wake of the post-election coup that propelled the army to power.<\/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>The military took control of the Portuguese-speaking nation on Wednesday \u2014 a day before the provisional results of national elections were due to be announced \u2014 and Embalo initially left for neighbouring Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The true motives for the coup in Guinea-Bissau remain unclear, with speculation and conspiracy theories circulating \u2014 including that the coup was carried out with Embalo\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEmbalo arrived in Brazzaville late in the morning on a private jet,\u201d a source close to the Congolese government said on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A presidency source said Embalo, who had claimed victory in the election, intended to remain in the country, which is also known as Congo-Brazzaville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embalo, 53, is rumoured to be close to Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, and has visited the Republic of Congo many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking power on Wednesday, the officers in charge argued they had taken control to restore order, warning of a plot by the country\u2019s drug barons to destabilise Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition and some experts however suspect that Embalo, in power since 2020, orchestrated the takeover to halt the electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those suspicions intensified when the junta named General Horta N\u2019Tam, considered a close ally of the president, to head a transitional administration set to last a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Guinea-Bissau\u2019s powerful opposition party, said in a statement that its headquarters had been \u201cillegally invaded by heavily armed militia groups\u201d in Bissau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the capital, minor clashes broke out on Saturday between young people and law enforcement officers in a suburb not far from the headquarters of Fernando Dias, who ran against Embalo and was arrested on the day of the coup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some political researchers say a high-level turf war to control illegal drug smuggling networks may have also played a part in Guinea-Bissau\u2019s instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crippling poverty, chaotic administration and political tumult have made Guinea-Bissau a fertile ground for corruption and drug smuggling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a key transit point for Latin American cocaine destined for Europe to the point that some analysts have dubbed it a \u201cnarco-state\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/11\/ousted-guinea-bissau-president-arrives-in-congo-report\/\">(Vanguard)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea-Bissau\u2019s ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo\u2019s capital Brazzaville on Saturday, days after he was overthrown by the military, Congolese government sources told AFP. 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