{"id":3613,"date":"2025-11-27T20:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:21:39","slug":"what-was-behind-the-coup-in-guinea-bissau-days-after-the-election-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3613","title":{"rendered":"What was behind the coup in Guinea-Bissau days after the election? | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Military takeover follows others in the region in recent years.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The military has seized power in Guinea-Bissau, a day before Sunday\u2019s presidential election results were due to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union and West African regional bloc ECOWAS have condemned the coup.<\/p>\n<p>Why has it happened and what are the implications?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Dareen Abughaida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kabir Adamu \u2013 Managing director of Beacon Security and Intelligence<\/p>\n<p>Bram Posthumus \u2013 Political and economic analyst specialising in West Africa and the Sahel region<\/p>\n<p>Ovigwe Eguegu \u2013 Peace and security policy analyst at the consultancy Development Reimagined<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" 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<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military takeover follows others in the region in recent years. The military has seized power in Guinea-Bissau, a day before Sunday\u2019s presidential election results were due to be announced. The African Union and West African regional bloc ECOWAS have condemned the coup. Why has it happened and what are the implications? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}