Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan says the military intervention in Guinea-Bissau’s political crisis was not the typical coup but “a ceremonial coup.” This is as he insisted that the election must results be announced. Jonathan feels the coup was orchestrated by the out gone President Umaro Embalo to deny the opposition of victory. The former…
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is among hundreds of foreign election observers currently unable to leave Guinea-Bissau following a sudden military takeover that halted the country’s electoral process. Jonathan, who arrived in Bissau as head of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observer mission, was preparing to monitor the final stages of the presidential and…
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on Wednesday they are taking “total control” of the country’s democratically elected government while suspending its electoral process and closing its borders, three days after the West African nation’s legislative and presidential elections. The officers made the announcement by reading a statement at the army headquarters in the capital, Bissau,…
