The Guinea-Bissau military appointed army general Horta N'Tam (R) as the country's new leader on Thursday, for a period of one year. “I have just been sworn in to lead the High Command,” General Horta ...

Guinea Bissau Army General Horta N'Tam (C) poses with other military leaders after being sworn in as the transition leader and the leader of the High Command in Bissau on November 27, 2025. [AFP] ...

Military officers said they seized “total control” in Guinea-Bissau after arresting the president, following a contentious election. Gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in the capital of ...

Military officials in the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau have announced a new leader one day after seizing power in a military coup. General Horta Inta-A was named as the head of a ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned on Friday the military coup in Guinea-Bissau that took place just days after national elections, saying that it gravely violates constitutional order ...

Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries, with half its population considered poor, according to the World Bank. It has emerged as a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and ...

Guinea-Bissau is in an all-too-familiar state of flux in the wake of an apparent coup d’état that unfolded just as results from the November election were due to be announced – with both the incumbent ...

After a two-year lull, during which optimists could have imagined the contagion had stopped, Africa appears to have experienced two coups in as many months. On November 26th army officers in ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state television Wednesday saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace, three ...

On November 26, soldiers of the Presidential Guard took power in yet another West African country. This time, it was Guinea-Bissau — the tiny country on the Atlantic coast better known to the world as ...