{"id":4023,"date":"2025-11-28T00:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/guinea-bissaus-deposed-president-embalo-arrives-in-senegal-after-coup\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T00:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:39:35","slug":"guinea-bissaus-deposed-president-embalo-arrives-in-senegal-after-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/guinea-bissaus-deposed-president-embalo-arrives-in-senegal-after-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau\u2019s deposed President Embalo arrives in Senegal after coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Senegal\u2019s Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the country a day after he was deposed in a military coup.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Guinea-Bissau\u2019s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has arrived in Senegal, the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, a day after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/26\/guinea-bissau-army-claims-total-control-after-gunshots-heard-in-capital\">group of military officers<\/a> in Guinea-Bissau seized power in a coup.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s Foreign Ministry said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/miaae_senegal\/status\/1994145859034853522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Thursday night that Embalo had arrived in Senegal after authorities\u00a0engaged with actors in Guinea-Bissau to try to secure his release.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/11\/27\/what-was-behind-the-coup-in-guinea-bissau-days-after-the-election\">What was behind the coup in Guinea-Bissau days after the election?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/27\/guinea-bissau-coup-what-happened-why-it-matters-what-happens-next\">Guinea-Bissau coup: What happened, why it matters, what happens next?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/quotable\/2025\/11\/27\/guinea-bissau-coup-doesnt-come-as-a\">Guinea-Bissau coup \u201cdoesn\u2019t come as a surprise\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Embalo reached Senegal on board an aircraft chartered by the Senegalese government, it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government of the Republic of Senegal reaffirms its readiness to work alongside ECOWAS, the African Union and all relevant partners, with a view to supporting dialogue, stability and the rapid restoration of constitutional order and democratic legitimacy in this brotherly nation,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Embalo was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/11\/27\/what-was-behind-the-coup-in-guinea-bissau-days-after-the-election\">deposed on Wednesday<\/a> after military officers announced they had seized \u201ctotal control\u201d of Guinea-Bissau ahead of the expected release of presidential election results in the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>Embalo had been vying for re-election against his main challenger, Fernando Dias. Both had declared victory ahead of the release of the provisional results.<\/p>\n<p>But the main opposition PAIGC party was barred from presenting a presidential candidate, raising criticism from civil society groups, which said the election was illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbing themselves the \u201cHigh Military Command for the Restoration of Order\u201d, the military officers read out a statement on television on Wednesday, declaring that they had ordered the immediate suspension of the electoral process \u201cuntil further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They also ordered the closure of Guinea-Bissau\u2019s borders and an overnight curfew.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, General Horta Inta-A was sworn in as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/27\/guinea-bissau-military-appoints-general-as-transition-president-after-coup\">country\u2019s transitional president<\/a>, defending the military takeover by saying that there had been \u201csufficient [evidence] to justify the operation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the coup \u2013 one of several to hit Guinea-Bissau since the country gained independence from Portugal in 1974 \u2013 has spurred widespread concern, including from regional bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson of the African Union Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_AfricanUnion\/status\/1994021010081714438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned<\/a> the situation earlier on Thursday, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Embalo and all other detained officials.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud Ali Youssouf also urged \u201call parties to exercise the utmost restraint in order to prevent any further deterioration of the situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal\u2019s Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the country a day after he was deposed in a military coup. Guinea-Bissau\u2019s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has arrived in Senegal, the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, a day after a group of military officers in Guinea-Bissau seized power in a coup. 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