Guinea-Bissau on Edge as Embaló Alleges Arrest in Suspected Military Putsch
Heavy gunfire shook parts of Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said he was briefly taken into custody inside the presidential palace in what he described as a coup attempt. Speaking to The Africa Report, Embaló said he was “arrested around 1 p.m. inside my office,” adding…