Source: Reuters
“Guinea-Bissau’s military installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president on Thursday, an army statement said, a day after soldiers toppled President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a swift power grab that followed a disputed election. The self-styled ‘High Military Command for the Restoration of Order’ announced in a televised statement on Wednesday that they had ousted Embalo, in the latest episode of unrest in the coup-prone country. … Wednesday’s army takeover came one day before provisional results had been expected to be announced in the race between Embalo and Fernando Dias, a 47-year-old political newcomer who had emerged as Embalo’s top challenger to run the West African state, which is a hub for cocaine trafficking.” (11/27/25)