{"id":880240,"date":"2025-12-24T01:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/guinea-bissau-military-announces-general-as-leader-of-new-junta\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:11:54","slug":"guinea-bissau-military-announces-general-as-leader-of-new-junta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/guinea-bissau-military-announces-general-as-leader-of-new-junta\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau military announces General as leader of new junta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The military in the West African coastal state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com\/jonathan-other-west-african-leaders-stranded-in-guinea-bissau-after-military-coup\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com\/jonathan-other-west-african-leaders-stranded-in-guinea-bissau-after-military-coup\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a> on Thursday announced that it had installed a new leader.<\/p>\n<p>State broadcaster TGB reported that General Horta Inta-A is to serve as transitional president for a one-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Much remains unclear about the balance of power in the country and the circumstances surrounding the alleged coup, days after presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told dpa that the streets of the capital, Bissau, were deserted, while soldiers were deployed at key locations across the city.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, a group of officers said they had taken power in the tropical nation of around 2.2 million people.<\/p>\n<p>They said the military uncovered a plan to rig the elections and destabilise the country, involving politicians and a drug lord.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau is an important hub for cocaine smuggling between Latin America and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The now deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 reportedly told a French media outlet that he was detained by the military. However, he said he had not been harmed.<\/p>\n<p>The military is also said to have detained Embal\u00f3\u2019s challenger, Fernando Dias.<\/p>\n<p>Both Embal\u00f3 and Dias had declared themselves the winner after Sunday\u2019s presidential election. The results have not yet been published.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau has experienced several coups and coup attempts since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>The military has been heavily involved in politics for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Former General Embal\u00f3 has been in power since 2020 and dissolved parliament at the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He has spoken several times in the past about coup attempts against him, most recently in October. (dpa\/NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com\/guinea-bissau-military-announces-general-as-leader-of-new-junta\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The military in the West African coastal state of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced that it had installed a new leader. State broadcaster TGB reported that General Horta Inta-A is to serve as transitional president for a one-year period. 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