BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) – Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far ...

General Antonio Indjai, 57, is the chief of staff of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, and on April 12 he overthrew the elected government in a coup, citing as the reason the presence of the Angolan ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s latest coup attempt appears to have been fomented in Portugal and led by a soldier who sought exile in the European country after allegedly carrying out ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) – A military tribunal in Guinea-Bissau has convicted an army captain of leading a failed coup last year. Pansau Ntchama was sentenced on Thursday to serve five years in ...

BISSAU, April 17, Reuters - The African Union (AU) suspended Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday over last week's coup, adding to pressure on military chiefs who said they were ready to restore power to ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Nigerian armed forces officers from the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) stand guard ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s new president has pardoned a group of soldiers who were convicted in a failed 2012 coup attempt, according to a decree read out on the radio Tuesday. Among ...

LISBON, Portugal -- The army launched a coup in the West Africa country of Guinea-Bissau on Sunday, arresting the president and ordering government ministers detained, officials here said. Portuguese ...

The crisis in this tiny West African country worsened Monday after the military group that overthrew the government last week suspended the constitution, dissolved Parliament and sealed off ...

Nigerian armed forces officers from the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) stand guard during the celebrations of Gambia's 60th Independence Day in Banjul on February 18, 2025. [AFP] ...