Guinea-Bissau: After the February 1 coup attempt, what now?
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The presidential palace of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in 2021 (Illustration image).
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Text by: Charlotte Idrac Follow
Guinea-Bissau was shaken last week - February 1 - by the attack on the government palace, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and the ministers were meeting.
An “attempted coup”, according to the authorities.
The official death toll is 11.
Questions remain unanswered.
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The Head of State addressed the foreign press, for the first time he mentioned the names of officials.
Umaro Sissoco Embalo accused the head of the navy, Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto, and two accomplices Tchami Yala and Papis Djemé.
All three were arrested by US authorities in 2013 in a drug trafficking case.
After the coup attempt, many questions
Charlotte Idrac
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