Sustained gunshots were heard near the presidential palace
in Bissau, capital city of Guinea-Bissau, on Tuesday.
Though it is not yet clear those behind the gunfire,
soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco
Embaló is reportedly attending a cabinet meeting.
Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has
suffered a series of coups, military revolts and political assassinations.
The incident is feared to be a coup attempt — a resurging
trend in West Africa in recent months.
The West African region experienced military takeovers in
Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso in August 2020, September 2021 and January 2022,
respectively.
If successful, the coup in Guinea-Bissau will be the fifth
in the West African region in the past 19 months.
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