Tag: Guinea-Bissau

Nigerian Army don send 173 Soldiers go Guinea Bissau for peacekeeping operation
Nigerian Army don send 173 Soldiers go Guinea Bissau for peacekeeping operation

Nigerian Army don send 173 officers and soldiers go Guinea Bissau for ECOWAS peacekeeping Operation. The Chief of Operations for Army Headquarters, Major General Oluwafemi Akinjobi, announce am for the graduation of troops for Martin Luther Agwai Peacekeeping Centre for Jaji Kaduna State. The Chief of Operations, wey Major General Zakari Abubakar represent, tell the soldiers and…

Guinea-Bissau’s Foreign Minister briefs President Buhari on attempted coup
Guinea-Bissau’s Foreign Minister briefs President Buhari on attempted coup

President Muhammadu Buhari has received briefing on the coup attempt to remove President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. President Buhari received the briefing on the sidelines of the ongoing African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said…

Many persons feared dead in Guinea-Bissau’s attempted coup
Many persons feared dead in Guinea-Bissau’s attempted coup

An attempted coup in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has left many members of the security forces dead. The country’s President, Umaro Cissoko Embaló said the situation was under control, calling it a failed attack against democracy. Gunfire erupted near a government building on Tuesday in the capital Bissau where the president was reportedly attending a…

Gunfire rocks Guinea-Bissau’s Presidential Palace
Gunfire rocks Guinea-Bissau’s Presidential Palace

Reports from Bissau, the capital of the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, say there has been gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace. Unconfirmed reports say heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. The building…

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