On Tuesday, as Embalo, 49, was presiding over an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in the capital Bissau, heavy gunfire rang out nearby. For hours, Embalo's whereabouts could not be confirmed, raising concerns that an attempted putsch was underway.
OUAGADOUGOU - Cheering crowds welcomed Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo's election victory in 2020, but his opponents alleged fraud. When he was sworn in before the Supreme Court had ratified the vote, critics called it a coup.
On Tuesday, as Embalo, 49, was presiding over an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in the capital Bissau, heavy gunfire rang out nearby. For hours, Embalo's whereabouts or wellbeing could not be confirmed, raising concerns that an attempted putsch was underway. So far, little is known about what happened earlier in the day. It was not clear who fired the shots or whether anyone was killed. Embalo was seen entering a building at a ministerial compound for the meeting at around 10 a.m. GMT, with a heavy security detail.
"It looks increasingly hard to argue against the idea of coup contagion – that coups in one place inspire them in another – following the chain of events in the past year," said Eric Humphery-Smith, Africa analyst at risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.Embalo, a former prime minister and former army general, served as prime minister under Jose Mario Vaz from 2016 to 2018.
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