Augie’s Restaurant will ring in the New Year with a dinner-and-dance celebration that offers an alternative to downtown ...

Guinea-Bissau has had nine attempted coups and five successful ones since its independence in September 1973. Salah Ben Hammou, a researcher with a focus on the politics of military coups, explains ...

Africa and,indeed, the whole world woke up to the news of a regime change in Guinea-Bissau, where the military launched a forceful takeover of power midway through the presidential election process.

BISSAU, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria has offered Guinea-Bissau's opposition presidential candidate Fernando Dias protection at its embassy in the capital Bissau following a military coup, the Nigerian ...

A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has visited Guinea-Bissau for mediation talks with leaders of last week’s coup, as regional pressure mounts on the military ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won’t tolerate unconstitutional changes. In a resolution adopted by the AU Peace and Security ...

Former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has dismissed reports suggesting that a military coup took place in Guinea-Bissau, describing the incident as a “ceremonial coup” rather than a ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the recent military takeover in Guinea Bissau as more painful to him than his loss to former President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Guinea-Bissau’s military appointed Finance Minister Ilídio Vieira Té, a close ally of the deposed president, as ...

Guinea-Bissau’s new military ruler deepened concerns over this week’s coup by appointing an ally of the ousted president as prime minister on Friday, even as international condemnation continues to ...

Life limped back to normal on Friday in the capital of volatile Guinea-Bissau after the West African nation’s fifth coup that came on the heels of presidential and parliamentary polls. The military ...

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has left the country for Senegal after being detained during a military coup, the government in Dakar said on Thursday, as a lead opponent accused him of ...