General Horta Nta Na Man is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.

The pardons are designed to ensure maximum support for the upcoming election, which has been widely criticized as a sham ...

A group of army officers in Guinea Bissau said on Wednesday that they had taken “total control” of the country, declaring the ...

The Army has seized power in western Africa’s Guinea-Bissau in a coup. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has said he has been ...

Sarkozy’s new Diary of a Prisoner, due in bookstores December, unveils the story and strategy behind his 20 days in La Santé ...

Bissau's new head of state a day after the military said it had seized power. Gen Horta N'Tam becomes the transitional head ...

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau declared "total control" of the coup-prone west African country Wednesday, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general ...

Bissau’s military said it installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president on Thursday, a day after soldiers ...

Observers with West Africa's Ecowas and African Union have expressed concern over the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and ...

France currently has around 200,000 military personnel and a further 47,000 reservists. The new scheme should usher in a ...

A group of army officers said they had seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, a day before the planned ...

Guinea-Bissau’s military seizes power, arrests President Embaló, suspends elections, shuts borders and imposes curfew after ...