Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Embalo arrives in Senegal after coup

Senegal’s Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived successful the state a time aft helium was deposed successful a subject coup.

Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has arrived successful Senegal, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, a time aft a group of subject officers successful Guinea-Bissau seized powerfulness successful a coup.

Senegal’s Foreign Ministry said successful a statement connected Thursday nighttime that Embalo had arrived successful Senegal aft authorities engaged with actors successful Guinea-Bissau to effort to unafraid his release.

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Embalo reached Senegal connected committee an craft chartered by the Senegalese government, it said.

“The authorities of the Republic of Senegal reaffirms its readiness to enactment alongside ECOWAS, the African Union and each applicable partners, with a presumption to supporting dialogue, stableness and the accelerated restoration of law bid and antiauthoritarian legitimacy successful this brotherly nation,” the connection said.

Embalo was deposed connected Wednesday aft subject officers announced they had seized “total control” of Guinea-Bissau up of the expected merchandise of statesmanlike predetermination results successful the West African nation.

Embalo had been vying for re-election against his main challenger, Fernando Dias. Both had declared triumph up of the merchandise of the provisional results.

But the main absorption PAIGC enactment was barred from presenting a statesmanlike candidate, raising disapproval from civilian nine groups, which said the predetermination was illegitimate.

Dubbing themselves the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, the subject officers work retired a connection connected tv connected Wednesday, declaring that they had ordered the contiguous suspension of the electoral process “until further notice”.

They besides ordered the closure of Guinea-Bissau’s borders and an overnight curfew.

On Thursday, General Horta Inta-A was sworn successful arsenic the country’s transitional president, defending the subject takeover by saying that determination had been “sufficient [evidence] to warrant the operation”.

But the coup – 1 of respective to deed Guinea-Bissau since the state gained independency from Portugal successful 1974 – has spurred wide concern, including from determination bodies.

The chairperson of the African Union Commission condemned the concern earlier connected Thursday, calling for the contiguous and unconditional merchandise of Embalo and each different detained officials.

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf besides urged “all parties to workout the utmost restraint successful bid to forestall immoderate further deterioration of the situation”.