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Guinea-Bissau president to run for second term, backtracking on vow to step down
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially stoking tensions over when his current term ends and over postponed elections.
Guinea-Bissau president says he will run for a second term amid political turmoil
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he will run for a second term in November, amid tensions with the opposition that refuses to recognize him as the country’s current president.
Guinea-Bissau's institutions in chaos as president refuses to step down
President Embaló's term in office has officially expired. However, he remains in power and intends to run for re-election in late 2025, if at all. The opposition and civil society are calling it an "institutional coup.
Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and economic bloc said on Sunday.
Guinea-Bissau Leader Threatens to Expel Ecowas Envoys, Bloc Says
A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States left Guinea-Bissau on March 1 after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel the mission, the regional bloc said in statement Sunday.
West African mission leaves Guinea-Bissau after 'president's threats'
The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was sent in last month to help reach a "political consensus" on how to hold elections this year.
Political Unrest in Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS Mission Leaves Amid Tensions
A regional mission in Guinea-Bissau by ECOWAS ended prematurely amid electoral disputes and tensions over when President Umaro Sissoco Embalo's term should conclude. The nation, which has a history of coups,
Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS mission ‘will never return’ – president
Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has confirmed that he had sent the ECOWAS mission away and said that it "will never
Why did Ecowas leave Guinea Bissau?
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has withdrawn its mediation team from Guinea Bissau. Its mission was to help reach a political consensus on the elections, which were postponed by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. So will voting, pushed back to later this year, still go ahead?
A West African mission sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve dispute leaves following president’s threats
A political mission sent to Guinea-Bissau by West Africa’s regional bloc to resolve an electoral dispute has left the country ...
Guinea-Bissau opposition vows to 'paralyse' country in election timing row
Guinea-Bissau's opposition has vowed to bring the West African country to a standstill on Thursday in a dispute over when the ...
Putin Hosts Guinea-Bissau Leader as Russia Builds Africa Ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on ...
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ECOWAS Parliament sets up committee to avert crisis in Guinea-Bissau, Liberia
At the closing session of the 2025 First Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament in Lagos, Nigerian lawmaker Senator ...