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Guinea-Bissau military transition and political crisis

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Guinea-Bissau is experiencing remains in a deepening state of political crisis following a under military takeover on authority following the November 26, 2025. The 2025, takeover. As the nation is currently under military authority as it prepares for approaches the December 6, 2026, presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 6, 2026. A central point elections, tensions persist regarding the return of tension involves former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who has been in exile in Morocco. Although Embaló. While Embaló expressed intentions intends to return and run for office from his exile in the upcoming elections, Morocco, the military High Command officially barred his return, stating maintains that “the necessary security conditions to guarantee his safe return are not currently met.” In response to the instability, security Security forces have launched continue large-scale disarmament operations in the capital, Bissau, targeting weapons and ammunition. Some seized equipment has ammunition, some of which have been linked to elements associated with Embaló. The crisis Embaló’s associates. This instability follows a constitutional reform approved by referendum in an August 2026 constitutional reform that expanded presidential powers. powers and reduced parliamentary influence. In response to the situation, response, twenty-four prominent regional figures from Senegal, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau have issued an open letter to ECOWAS, calling for regional intervention petitioned ECOWAS to ensure a credible transition to civilian rule and an independent opposition. Adding to the legal pressures, the ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled against the state, ordering Guinea-Bissau to indemnify five opposition politicians for illegal detention following the 2025 coup attempt. The court found the government responsible for “serious violations of fundamental human rights.” The victims, including former Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira and Social Renewal Party leader Roberto Mbesba, are each to receive 30 million CFA francs in compensation.

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