Guinea-Bissau: Junta Court Orders Opposition Leader Back to Jail

Source: US News & World Report

“Guinea-Bissau opposition ⁠leader ⁠and former Prime Minister ⁠Domingos Simoes Pereira was moved back to ​prison last Friday following a decision by the West ‌African country’s military court, ‌his family told Reuters. The junta that seized ⁠power ⁠in Guinea-Bissau in a coup last year released Pereira, ​the leader of the revolutionary PAIGC party, in February in an apparent attempt to appease the West African regional ​bloc ECOWAS. He had remained under house arrest on ⁠suspicion of ⁠economic crimes. … Pereira was ⁠previously detained on November 26 when a group of army ⁠officers seized power before the planned announcement of presidential election results.” (07/13/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-07-13/guinea-bissau-military-court-orders-opposition-leader-back-to-jail