Guine-Bissau: Fernando Dias Da Costa – Nota de Repudio (07.02.2026)

Guinea-Bissau: Igreja Evangelica da Guine-Bissau – Comunicado a Imprensa (04.12.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Parti Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) – Assunto: Pedido de intervencao da Policia Judiciaria (02.12.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Nigeria – Minister of Foreign Affairs – Request for Protection and Security for Mr. Fernando Dia da Costa, Presidential Candidate in the November 2025 Guinea-Bissau General Elections (30.11.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Partido do Povo (PdP) – Nota de Imprensa (30.11.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Parti Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) – Relativo a invasao da Sede National do PAIGC (29.11.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Goodluck undressed Embaló

“What happened in Guinea-Bissau wasn’t a coup. The President, Umaro Embaló, was the one who announced the coup. While it was happening, he was the one calling media organisations to say there was a coup. I’m a Nigerian, and I know how heads of state are treated when there’s a real coup” – Former President Goodluck Jonathan (28.11.2025).

Umaro Embaló who just fled into exile to make it seem like an sincere act. Meanwhile, his fellow allies are busy appointing themselves and creating the transitional government in Guinea-Bissau. We all know the gig and the reason for all of it. They did this, because this was the only way out and that the incumbent President could never win the election or have enough popularity to continue as the Head of State.

That’s why the military together with the Head of State created the coup d’etat and made an attempt of closing the public space, closing the borders and creating a state of emergency. That’s what happened and this is what the state just did. This is why the members and the ones who are now involved are all people associated with Umaro Embaló and people he trusted. Therefore, no one can believe that this is a sincere or honest action.

That former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is calling it out is just refreshing. It just shows that the ones surrounding the President did this clandestine mission and planned it in the final stages of the elections. That was all done when the President and his fellow men knew their time was up.

It doesn’t help the ones in charge when UN Human Rights Chief states this about the affair: “UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the military authorities in Guinea Bissau to respect and protect human rights following reports of politically motivated arrests and use of unnecessary or disproportionate force in the aftermath of the 26 November coup d’état. At least 18 people have been arbitrarily detained, among them Government officers, magistrates, and opposition leaders. Most of them are reportedly being held incommunicado” (OHCR – ‘Guinea-Bissau: Türk deplores post-coup violations, urges respect for human rights’ 28.11.2025).

If you want to believe this charade. Not only the ones who made himself the President. The newly minted Prime Minister isn’t making things better, as Ilídio Vieira Té was the former President’s Finance Minister and his Campaign Director. Just like his former Chief of Staff became the interim President. It just shows the truth and who is calling the shots. They cannot even make it believable. More of the same and people who are all associated with the former President. Which just shows what they are doing and they cannot even do with a little bit of wisdom.

The ones that questioned it from the onset has been vindicated by now. The opposition leaders and supposed winners of the election are detained. Meanwhile, the former President is living large in Senegal. So, this game is rigged and they tried to fool everyone, but ended up making a fool of themselves. Peace.

Guinea-Bissau: N’tá the “President”?

The former Chief of Staff, General Horta na N’tá has been sworn in as President today. His a loyalist and a man who has campaigned directly for former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Someone he held meetings with together with other military commanders over the weekend. So, just mere days after that and in connection with the election that the incumbent was bound to lose. They needed a justified way out and a reason to ensure longevity of the Embaló by any means.

This is the inner-circle and the ones in power encircling the offices. They are giving themselves a “one-year” transitional time of the Military Command. It is just giving itself time and suspending the elections. They are just ensuring the pursuit of power and keeping it close. That’s why the opposition is arrested, but the former President is allowed to speak to the international press. This is just a giving and it’s telling.

N’tá is one of the men that the President trusted. That was someone who was part of the inside deals and was enriching himself while Embaló was in office. He was even rumoured to be part of a group that earned funds on illegal logging and selling wood. Therefore, it wouldn’t be unlikely that he did other shady deals behind closed doors too.

This play here isn’t believable. Everything happening is against the will of the people and done so to fabricate a crisis. A crisis created by the men of the President and his need to save the day. As the incumbent President was losing an election and was holding office without any justification. That because he knew he wasn’t popular or trusted. Which is why he needed to silence the election results and go after the ones who wanted to publish it. As that means the inner circle in power would have to relent and retire, which we know they won’t or has any plans to do so.

This coup d’etat seems like a farce and fake attempt of creating havoc. Just so the ones in association and in the proximity of the President can continue like yesterday. They need to be in power and have the instruments of the state to continue their “work”. That’s just what we are seeing, and this isn’t shocking. As the drug-operation and well-known drug-hub at Osvaldo Vieira International Airport isn’t a public secret. This is known and in the open. It has caused scandals and the incumbent himself has to fly to Paris to salvage himself or his allies. Therefore, there is a bigger reason why he won’t retire or step down to anyone else.

N’tá will just serve the interests of Embaló. That’s a given and they think they have tricked us all. However, this is just too shady and the writing is on the wall. Peace.

Guinea-Bissau: Joint Statement by the Heads of the African Union Election Observation Mission, ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, and the West African Elders Forum on the Post-Election Situation in the Republic Guinea-Bissau (26.11.2025)

Guinea-Bissau: Umaro Sissoco Embaló is overthrown, but is there more to this?

“Brigadier General Denis N’Canha announced on state television the creation of an interim administration led by the military, called the Military High Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order. All state institutions, including the constitution and the electoral process, are suspended following the dismissal of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. N’Canha claimed that political sectors had conspired with “drug lords” to destabilize the country and that there were attempts to manipulate the elections. The new Military Command states that it will resume normal governance “when the necessary conditions exist.”” (Radar Austral, 24.11.2025).

There is an ongoing military coup d’etat in Guinea-Bissau. This is happening after a heavy contested election, which the incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló had postponed and tried to undermine until the end. That’s why the President and insiders surrounding him was worried about announcing and releasing the election results, as Fernando Dias da Costa was destined to win.

That’s why today is a unique day. We can now question the role of General Biaguê Na N’tam who is part of this coup. As his the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the one who is the face of this rebellion is General Denis N’Canha who happens to be the chief of the household of the President. We know N’tam was campaigning together with the President and N’Canha is another of the President’s Men. So, this here is a scheme from inside and not from the outside.

We know the President didn’t want another crook in office. He haven’t entrusted or ensured anyone else has the ability to be elected or be his successor. This man did whatever he could entrench himself in power and have all the instruments of power. That’s what the President did and he did so deliberately.

The drug connection is special, because the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport has been a hub for drug smuggling and the insiders within the government have been in on it. Therefore, that the Generals says this. Well, they are just stating a fact that has been well known and has created hectic scandals in the nation in the close proximity of time. So, with that in mind, well we know the culprit so they are doing the dance and thinking anyone wants to join in.

We can now wonder how they will play out this “transition” and the possible return of Embaló. These are loyalist and army commanders who has been vital to the President. It is hard to believe that they would betray him and leave him out. There is speculation that they will bring him back as a Prime Minister until they can usher him back to the Presidency. However, there is no proof of this and this coup only undermines and stall the announcement of the elections, which would have been horrific to the incumbent.

Certainly, there is more of the unknown and the Military High Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order will decree everything in the beginning. These will be the ones who has a say and their word will be law.

Time will tell, but I am cynical about this one. Yes, the election was flawed and most likely fabricated for the incumbent. That’s the gist of things, but this play could be to prolong the agony and give the incumbent another excuse to return. Therefore, there is more to this and especially knowing whose involved and why it happened without much fuzz. Peace.