{"id":2514904,"date":"2025-11-26T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-officers-in-guinea-bissau-say-they-seized-total-control-in-coup\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:22:01","slug":"military-officers-in-guinea-bissau-say-they-seized-total-control-in-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-officers-in-guinea-bissau-say-they-seized-total-control-in-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Military officers in Guinea-Bissau say they seized &#8216;total control&#8217; in coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-officers-in-guinea-bissau-say-they-seized-total-control-in-coup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Military officers in Guinea-bissau have announced that they have taken &#8220;total control&#8221; of the contry after arresting President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a coup. Gunfire was reported near the presidential palace in the capital, Bissau, followed by the president&#8217;s detention at the military&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syria-falls-ending-over-half-century-of-assad-rule-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Syria falls, ending over half...century of Assad rule ... Washington Examiner\">general staff headquarters<\/a>.Brigadier General Denis N&#8217;Canha, the military spokesperson and apparent coup leader, declared the suspension of all state institutions and the establishment of a new governing body called the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order.<\/p>\n<p>The military justified their takeover by citing the discovery of a plan too <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kissel-and-olivastro-corporate-activism-is-helping-undermine-confidence-in-our-elections\/\" title=\"KISSEL And OLIVASTRO: Corporate Activism Is Helping Undermine Confidence In Our Elections\">manipulate election results<\/a>, involving national politicians, a known drug lord, and foreign individuals. Guinea-Bissau has long struggled with instability and drug trafficking influence in politics, prompting the United Nations to label it a &#8220;narco-state.&#8221; Notably, N&#8217;Canha was previously head of the presidential guard, underscoring the irony of the coup.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the coup, a curfew has been implemented, internet access is reportedly being cut off, and opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira has also been detained. Since gaining independence from Portugal, Guinea-Bissau has experienced chronic political instability marked by multiple coups and attempted coups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Military officers in Guinea-Bissau say they seized &lsquo;total control&rsquo; and arrested president in coup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2229428\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\">Military<\/a> officers said they seized &ldquo;total control&rdquo; in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1115364\/guinea-bissau-leader-pardons-accused-in-coup-try\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a> after arresting the president, following a contentious election.<\/p>\n<p>Gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in the capital of Bissau on Wednesday. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was quickly arrested by the military, who detained him at the general staff headquarters. A military source <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/guinea-bissau-s-president-embalo-arrested-well-treated-military-sources-to-afp-b108b90d?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqevFDkGtDptKjuoBGaKLpIkX3p1XsOyZRH_YFpXY4I_1T-fNMKReHi5cajlyXo%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69273b6d&amp;gaa_sig=Zy4_YWPpZMm820aqWnktXYXT1I7FHV8I9qSLVsEgnTFbI8mNXyy_-IUA6LWa5sDb6YAIJUTm8FASr5zpDmxyZg%3D%3D\">told<\/a> AFP that he was being &ldquo;well-treated.&rdquo; After his arrest, Brig. Gen. Denis N&rsquo;Canha, military spokesman and apparent leader of the coup, gave a press conference, surrounded by armed soldiers in camouflage fatigues, declaring that the military seized &ldquo;total control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3899833\/taiwan-defensive-missile-system-modeled-after-israeli-iron-dome\/\">Taiwan announces $40 billion defensive missile system modeled after Israeli &#8216;Iron Dome&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3899692\/many-killed-dozens-injured-massive-fire-residential-complex-hong-kong\/\">At least 36 killed and dozens injured after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >massive fire engulfs residential complex<\/a> in Hong Kong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3898958\/taliban-vows-response-pakistani-strikes-afghanistan\/\">Taliban vows to respond after alleged Pakistani strikes rock Afghanistan overnight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The High Military Command for the reestablishment of national and public order decides to immediately depose the President of the Republic, to suspend, until new orders, all of the institutions of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau,&rdquo; N&rsquo;Canha said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brig. Gen. Denis N&rsquo;Canha, military spokesman, speaks on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. (TGB Guinea-Bissau via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The coup, he said, was in reaction to &ldquo;the discovery of an ongoing plan&rdquo; to destabilize the country by trying to &ldquo;manipulate electoral results&rdquo; in a scheme set up by some &ldquo;national politicians with the participation of a well-known drug lord, and domestic and foreign nationals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau has become a major drug trafficking hub, with alleged drug cartel influence on politics a significant source of discontent. The United Nations has gone so far as to call it a &ldquo;narco-state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>N&rsquo;Canha called the new government the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and the Public Order, set up by the &ldquo;various ranks of the armed forces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, N&rsquo;Canha was the head of the presidential guard before the coup, <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/26\/guinea-bissau-army-claims-total-control-after-gunshots-heard-in-capital\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The man supposed to protect the president himself has put the president under arrest,&rdquo; <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> reporter Nicolas Haque said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3895855\/bolsonaro-arrested-ahead-imprisonment-ensure-public-order\/\">BOLSONARO ARRESTED DAYS AHEAD OF IMPRISONMENT TO &lsquo;ENSURE PUBLIC ORDER&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve just heard that the military is trying to cut off the Internet. There&rsquo;s a curfew in place,&rdquo; he said, adding that the head of the main opposition PAIGC party, Domingos Simoes Pereira, was also detained.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau has been beset by chronic instability since its independence from Portugal, experiencing four successful and five attempted coups since 1980, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0edww3qgq2o\">according to<\/a> the BBC. The latest alleged attempt happened last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea-Bissau military seizes control, arrests president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2514905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25330610947859.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[66562,67767,55485,40137],"class_list":["post-2514904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-african-politics","tag-guinea-bissau","tag-military-coup","tag-political-crisis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25330610947859.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514908,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514904\/revisions\/2514908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}