{"id":27355,"date":"2025-11-27T02:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=27355"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:12:24","slug":"guinea-bissau-military-officers-announce-presidents-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=27355","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau Military Officers Announce President&#8217;s Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bissau, Guinea-Bissau<\/strong> \u2013 A group of senior military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced today the removal of President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 from office and the suspension of the contested electoral process. The officers cited a need to clarify the situation before returning to constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes just a day before the scheduled release of preliminary election results by the electoral commission. The presidential election saw a fierce contest between the incumbent, Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3, and his main challenger, Fernando Dias. Both candidates have claimed victory in the first round of voting, which took place on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported hearing gunfire near the electoral commission headquarters, the presidential palace, and the Ministry of Interior earlier today. The shooting reportedly lasted for approximately one hour.<\/p>\n<p>The military&#8217;s intervention throws the future of Guinea-Bissau into uncertainty, adding to a history of political instability. The officers stated that their actions were necessary to ensure a stable and transparent transition, but critics fear a return to military rule. The international community is closely monitoring the situation, with calls for a peaceful and constitutional resolution to the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral commission has yet to release an official statement following the military&#8217;s announcement. Details remain scarce, and the extent of the military&#8217;s control is still unfolding. <em>DZWatch<\/em> will continue to provide updates as the situation develops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=44\">More News articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bissau, Guinea-Bissau \u2013 A group of senior military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced today the removal of President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 from office and the suspension of the contested electoral process. The officers cited a need to clarify the situation before returning to con&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27357,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27355\/revisions\/27357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}