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Military Coup Disrupts Guinea-Bissau Election Results, ECOWAS Responds

12/4/2025

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Armed men seized ballots and destroyed vote tally sheets on November 26, preventing final results of the November 23 presidential election.
The military seized power on November 26 and installed Major-General Horta Inta-a as transitional president.
Idrissa Djalo, a commission official, said all tally sheets were destroyed except those from Bissau.
ECOWAS is pressing for a return to constitutional order amid Guinea-Bissau's ongoing instability and its drug-trafficking notoriety.

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Armed men seized ballots and destroyed vote tally sheets on November 26, preventing final results of the November 23 presidential election.
The military seized power on November 26 and installed Major-General Horta Inta-a as transitional president.
Idrissa Djalo, a commission official, said all tally sheets were destroyed except those from Bissau.
ECOWAS is pressing for a return to constitutional order amid Guinea-Bissau's ongoing instability and its drug-trafficking notoriety.