{"id":142998,"date":"2022-02-02T04:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=142998"},"modified":"2022-02-02T04:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:15:31","slug":"guinea-bissau-president-speaks-on-attempted-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/02\/guinea-bissau-president-speaks-on-attempted-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau president speaks on attempted coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau has stated that calm has returned to the country following an attack on the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the\u00a0Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had described the attack as a coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalm returns to Bissau,\u201d Embal\u00f3 said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/galumse\/posts\/486911519466020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>a post on his Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post was accompanied by a picture of the president speaking with a military officer and another man who wore a suit.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, gunshots\u00a0were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, capital of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers were said to have surrounded the building where Embal\u00f3 was reportedly attending a cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Military vehicles reportedly drove through the streets, while businesses and schools were shut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/enforce-preventive-measures-against-coups-falana-tells-ecowas\/\">ECOWAS<\/a>, in a statement on Tuesday, condemned the attempted coup and urged the soldiers to return to their barracks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cECOWAS is following with great concern the evolution of the situation in Guinea-Bissau, characterised this Tuesday, February 1, 2022, by military shots around the Government Palace,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cECOWAS condemns this attempted coup d\u2019\u00e9tat and considers the military to be responsible for the safety of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and the members of his government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cECOWAS asks the military to return to the barracks and to maintain a republican stance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West African region experienced military takeovers in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso in August 2020, September 2021 and January 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, the military in Burkina Faso seized power and overthrew President\u00a0Roch Kabor\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers, who detained Kabore, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the government and the national assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who led the coup, said the country will return to constitutional order when \u201cconditions are right\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau has stated that calm has returned to the country following an attack on the presidential palace. Recall that the\u00a0Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had described the attack as a coup attempt. \u201cCalm returns to Bissau,\u201d Embal\u00f3 said in\u00a0a post on his Facebook page. 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