guinea-bissau

The Digest: Nigeria has granted protective asylum to Guinea-Bissau's main opposition presidential candidate, Fernando Costa, within its embassy, citing imminent threats to his life following a military coup. This decisive move explores Nigeria's role as a regional stabilizer, engaging the...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has briefed President Bola Tinubu on the Guinea-Bissau crisis following his evacuation from the country. Jonathan, who led the WAEF election observation mission, engaged in urgent diplomacy after soldiers seized power, exploring the fragile nature of democracy...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that Guinea-Bissau's military intervention pains him more profoundly than his 2015 election loss to Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan, who was evacuated from the crisis-hit nation by Ivorian authorities, described the event as a "ceremonial...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the characterization of Guinea-Bissau's military intervention as a coup, instead calling it a "ceremonial coup" and demanding that regional bodies announce the stalled election results. According to his address in Abuja, the former...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has clarified his evacuation from coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau aboard an Ivorian aircraft, citing logistical ease and regional ties. According to his statement, both Nigerian and Ivorian leaders offered flights, but Abidjan’s proximity and...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been safely evacuated from Guinea-Bissau by the Ivorian government, following what sources describe as a slow and uncoordinated response from Nigerian authorities. While Ivory Coast mobilized its presidential jet and secured ECOMOG escorts...

The Digest: Guinea-Bissau's military has once again seized power, dissolving government institutions and detaining the president just days after a contested presidential election. The coup, the country's ninth since independence, highlights the chronic instability plaguing the West African...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has safely returned to Nigeria after being evacuated from Guinea-Bissau, where a military coup disrupted his election observation mission. His arrival in Abuja marks a peaceful conclusion to a tense diplomatic episode that saw Nigerian authorities...

The Digest: Former President Goodluck Jonathan has safely left Guinea-Bissau following the recent military takeover that disrupted the nation's electoral process. The former Nigerian leader, who was on a regional observer mission, departed aboard a special flight alongside senior diplomat Ibn...

The Digest: Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders find democracy on fragile ground after a military coup in Guinea-Bissau. The officers, forming a "High Military Command," seized power just as the nation awaited presidential election results, leaving...

From Sudan to Guinea-Bissau, the persistent pattern of military interventions reveals deep-seated governance challenges across Africa, where power has often changed hands through force rather than ballots. According to historical data compiled by research bodies and international observers...

The Digest: Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Embalo has been arrested in what he describes as a coup d'état, a sudden disruption where ballot boxes yield to barracks, revealing how quickly democratic processes can unravel in nations where power has historically changed hands at the barrel of a...

The Digest: Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have declared "total control" of the country, a sudden shift from ballot boxes to barracks that suspends democratic processes in a nation all too familiar with the sound of gunfire overturning the will of the people, revealing the fragile line...