Guinea-Bissau’s military installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
This comes a day after soldiers toppled President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a swift power grab that followed a disputed election.
The self-styled “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” announced in a televised statement on Wednesday that they had ousted Embalo, in the latest episode of unrest in the coup-prone country.
The military said General Nta would be president for a transitional period lasting one year.
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Wednesday’s army takeover came one day before provisional results had been expected to be announced in the race between Embalo and Fernando Dias, a 47-year-old political newcomer who had emerged as Embalo’s top challenger to run the West African nation.
Ahead of the coup announcement, witnesses said gunfire rang out in the capital Bissau for about an hour near the electoral commission headquarters and presidential palace.
Bissau was mostly quiet on Thursday, with soldiers on the streets and many residents staying indoors even after the overnight curfew lifted.
Businesses and banks were also closed, Reuters reported.
Embalo called French media to say he had been deposed and his whereabouts were unknown on Thursday. The officers did not specify if they had taken Embalo into custody.
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