Guinea-Bissau News News Guinea-Bissau » History: Guinea-Bissau’s military takeover highlights the nation’s sorry history of coups and a deepening crisis across the region
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers patrol the streets in Guinea-Bissau on Nov. 26, 2025. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images Army generals in ...
News Guinea-Bissau » History: Guinea‑Bissau coup: election uncertainty has triggered military takeovers before
Guinea-Bissau has had nine attempted coups and five successful ones since its independence in September 1973. Salah Ben Hammou, a researcher with a focus on the politics of military coups, explains ...
News Guinea-Bissau » History: Guinea-Bissau: An Urgent Wake-up Call to ECOWAS and Int’l Community
By Paul Ejime Africa seldom makes international news headlines unless wars (and they must be bloody), military coups, humanitarian catastrophes, disease pandemics, hunger, famine and pestilence are ...
News Guinea-Bissau » History: Guinea-Bissau’s military takeover highlights the nation’s sorry history of coups and a deepening crisis across the region
Army generals in Guinea-Bissau seized power on Nov. 26, 2025 – the eve of a scheduled official declaration of the winner in the West African nation’s presidential election. Alleging a destabilization ...