Tag Archives: Coup Attempt

Heavy gunfire was heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday, 1st February 2022 near a compound where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was presiding over a cabinet meeting, with early reports indicating possible casualties, a Reuters witness and sources said. It was not immediately clear who was firing the gunshots. …

Sudan’s interim prime minister Abdalla Hamdok is under house arrest and is being forced to issue a message in support of a military coup, the country’s information ministry said. Sudan’s information ministry said a number of senior government figures had been detained, with the internet cut off and bridges closed …