{"id":3967,"date":"2025-12-01T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:18:00","slug":"ecowas-delegation-visits-guinea-bissau-for-talks-after-military-coup-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3967","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS delegation visits Guinea-Bissau for talks after military coup | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Nigeria authorises protection for Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa, citing \u2018imminent threat to his life\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 1 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">1 Dec 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 delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has visited Guinea-Bissau for mediation talks with leaders of last week\u2019s coup, as regional pressure mounts on the military leaders who seized power after a disputed election.<\/p>\n<p>The mission, led by ECOWAS chairman and Sierra Leone\u2019s President Julius Maada Bio, came to Guinea-Bissau on Monday to urge the military authorities for a \u201ccomplete restoration of constitutional order.\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 military has tightened restrictions in the country, banning all demonstrations and strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had today very fruitful discussions,\u201d said Sierra Leone\u2019s Foreign Minister Timothy Musa Kabba. \u201cBoth sides have expressed their different concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joao Bernardo Vieira, the newly appointed foreign minister of Guinea-Bissau, said it was \u201cvery clearly established\u201d that ECOWAS would not leave the country \u201cduring this difficult period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transitional authorities and the military will continue their discussions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The coup unfolded three days after the country\u2019s closely contested presidential election, with both main contenders \u2013 incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa \u2013 claiming victory before provisional results were due to be announced. No results have been released since.<\/p>\n<p>During the takeover, Embalo told French media by phone that he had been deposed and arrested. He has since fled to Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau military officials appointed former army chief of staff General Horta Inta-A to lead a one-year transition government. On Saturday, Inta-a named a new 28-member cabinet, made up largely of figures allied with the deposed president.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, meanwhile, said its President Bola Tinubu had authorised protection for opposition leader Dias da Costa, citing an \u201cimminent threat to his life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter sent to ECOWAS by Nigeria\u2019s minister of foreign affairs, Dias da Costa is currently at the Nigerian embassy in Bissau. The letter requested an ECOWAS troop deployment to provide security for the opposition candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the main opposition African Independence Party for Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) said in a statement that its headquarters had been \u201cillegally invaded by heavily armed militia groups\u201d in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The party had been barred from presenting a presidential candidate in the November 23 election, a move criticised by civil rights groups as part of a wider clampdown on dissent.<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS, widely seen as West Africa\u2019s leading political and regional authority with 15 member states, responded to the coup by suspending Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies \u201cuntil the restoration of full and effective constitutional order in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>International condemnation has continued to grow, with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying that he is gravely concerned and condemning the military takeover, warning that ignoring \u201cthe will of the people who peacefully cast their vote during the November 23 general elections constitutes an unacceptable violation of democratic principles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres called for the \u201cimmediate and unconditional restoration of constitutional order\u201d and the release of all detained officials, including electoral authorities and opposition figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria authorises protection for Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa, citing \u2018imminent threat to his life\u2019. 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