Guinea-Bissau: Soldiers stage coup, detain president

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources said that Embaló had been detained. The officers then appeared on state TV, saying they had suspended the electoral process, as…

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