Category: Guinea-Bissau

• Update: Guinea-Bisssau Coup

  April 14, 2012

  Guinea-Bissau

  So I’m still unclear on what’s going on in Guinea-Bissau, but here’s what I have gathered so far: Elements of the country’s military have rather creatively proclaimed themselves the “Military Command.” The stated goal of the coup is to protect Guinea-Bissau from “foreign aggression,” which likely alludes to Angola’s mil-to-mil engagement to reform the country’s security sector. Read.

• Coup (attempt?) in Guinea Bissau

  April 12, 2012

  Guinea-Bissau

  There appear to be reports of a coup, or a coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau. For those unfamiliar with the country’s political turmoil in the past few years, Guinea-Bissau had been labeled a “narco-state” due to its role as a transit point for drugs – primarily cocaine – coming from Latin America across the Sahel and Read.