Guinea-Bissau is facing a major crisis after the military said it now controls the country. The situation began soon after a tense election between President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Fernando Dias. Gunfire,

Guinea-Bissau was plunged into fresh turmoil on Wednesday after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló personally phoned multiple newsrooms to say he had been overthrown, even as military officers declared th...

In a statement read on state television, the army officers said they had deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, suspended the electoral process, shut borders and would enforce a curfew.