Military officers on Wednesday claimed to have taken “total control” of Guinea-Bissau in a potential coup, as the country awaits the results of national elections.
The officers said they had suspended the electoral process and closed the borders, in a statement read at the headquarters of the army general staff and broadcast on state television.
Earlier in the day, gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau's capital.
Roads leading to the palace were closed off, with checkpoints manned by heavily armed and masked soldiers.
Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló told Jeune Afrique he had been arrested on Wednesday while in his office.
He said the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Biague Na Ntan, and his deputy, General Mamadou Touré, as well as Interior Minister Botché Candé were arrested at the same time.
The officers said they had suspended the electoral process and closed the borders, in a statement read at the headquarters of the army general staff and broadcast on state television.
Earlier in the day, gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau's capital.
Roads leading to the palace were closed off, with checkpoints manned by heavily armed and masked soldiers.
Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló told Jeune Afrique he had been arrested on Wednesday while in his office.
He said the Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Biague Na Ntan, and his deputy, General Mamadou Touré, as well as Interior Minister Botché Candé were arrested at the same time.
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