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Guinea-Bissau Army Ousts President Amid Election Turmoil
11/29/2025
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- On November 26, 2025, army officers in Guinea-Bissau deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo a day before presidential election results were to be revealed.
- They formed The High Military Command for the Restoration of Order.
- They suspended the electoral process and imposed a curfew.
- Gunfire near key government locations before the announcement caused panic.
- Embalo confirmed his ousting, but his whereabouts remain unknown.
