{"id":3458,"date":"2025-11-26T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:26:46","slug":"guinea-bissau-army-officers-claim-total-control-as-gunshots-rock-capital-military-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau army officers claim \u2018total control\u2019 as gunshots rock capital | Military News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Officers order suspension of electoral process, border closures a day before presidential vote results expected.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 26 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">26 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A group of military officers in Guinea-Bissau have claimed \u201ctotal control\u201d of the country, a day after the top candidates in a tightly contested presidential election both declared victory.<\/p>\n<p>The officers released a statement on Wednesday, declaring that they had ordered the immediate suspension of the electoral process; the closure of all land, air and sea borders, and an overnight curfew \u201cuntil further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The move came shortly after sustained gunfire was heard near the election commission headquarters, the presidential palace and the interior ministry in the capital, Bissau.<\/p>\n<p>The results of Sunday\u2019s presidential vote were expected to be announced on Thursday in the West African nation. The vote had pit incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo against his primary challenger Fernando Dias.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from neighbouring Senegal on Wednesday, Al Jazeera\u2019s Nicolas Haque said Embalo\u2019s whereabouts were not immediately clear after the military officers\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presidential palace is heavily guarded as we speak, surrounded by the presidential guard, and we have the military deployed,\u201d Haque said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we know for sure is that the military is definitely in charge of the country today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau has experienced several attempted coups since it gained independence from Portugal in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Haque noted that the legitimacy of this week\u2019s election was called into question by civil society groups and other observers after the main opposition party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was barred from running a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a clampdown of opposition candidates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Officers order suspension of electoral process, border closures a day before presidential vote results expected. 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