Tag: Umaro Sissoco Embalo
early legislative elections postponed, for political and institutional reasons
In Guinea-Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo formalized on Monday November 4 the postponement of the early legislative elections initially scheduled for November 24. As a reminder, he dissolved Parliament in…
absolute majority for the opposition, according to the provisional results
In Guinea-Bissau, the PAI-Terra Ranka coalition, led by the PAIGC party, won 54 seats out of 102 in Parliament, i.e. an absolute majority, during the legislative elections organized on June…
ex-Prime Minister Aristides Gomes sues for attempted kidnapping
This is an exclusive interview granted to RFI. For the first time since his attempted arrest at the end of November, the former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Aristides Gomes, returns…
what impact on political stability in West Africa?
Drug trafficking continues to grow in West Africa, where 14.2 tonnes of cocaine were seized each year on average between 2019 and 2022, compared to 5.5 tonnes for 2007 alone.…
in kyiv, President Embalo calls for the rapprochement of “two brotherly countries”
As current president of ECOWAS, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo expressed this Wednesday, October 26 in kyiv the will of Africa to pose as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.…
Zelensky talks to Sissoco Embaló to get ECOWAS support
After addressing the African Union on June 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Thursday August 4 with the current president of ECOWAS, the Bissau-Guinean Head of State Umaro Sissoco…
an ECOWAS delegation takes stock in Ouagadougou
Discussions between the ECOWAS delegation led by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo this Sunday, July 24 focused on an assessment of the transition process in Burkina Faso since the last…
an ECOWAS mission to discuss the transition
The ECOWAS mediator for Guinea, former Beninese President Thomas Boni Yayi, has been in Conakry since Tuesday evening July 19. The current president of ECOWAS and the new president of…
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolves Parliament
In Guinea-Bissau, the president announced Monday, May 16 the dissolution of parliament. Early legislative elections will be organized before the end of the year. In a message to the nation,…
three officers sacked, a month after the coup attempt
In Guinea-Bissau, three senior officers of the Guinea-Bissau army have been relieved of their duties. This is the first change at the top of the military hierarchy, after the February…