Tag: Guinea-Bissau

Tinubu to attend Guinea Bissaus 50th Independence Anniversary today

Aminu Imam

In commemoration of Guinea-Bissaus 50th Independence Anniversary and Armed Forces Day, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today, Thursday, join other Heads of State and Governments in Bissau, to celebrate the countrys golden jubilee. In an issued statement signed on Wednesday by the Presidents Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed that following his week-long engagement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he participated in the Saudi-Africa summit held on November 10, the President will be visiting Guinea-Bissau. The President’s visit is for the second time in his administration, this…

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Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau as gunfire heard near Palace of Govt.

Aminu Imam

Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP reporters said, as a regional bloc condemned what it called an attempted coup. 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 is located on the edge of the capital Bissau, close to the airport. People were seen fleeing the area, the local markets were closed and banks shut…

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