Umaro Sissoco Embalo

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday praised the West Africa's regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) for developing what he called a decisive anti-coup strategy.

Cyril Ramaphosa lauds West Africa’s bloc for anti-coup drive

April 28, 2022

On February 1, heavily armed men attacked government buildings in the capital Bissau while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was chairing a cabinet meeting.

Guinea-Bissau president sacks navy chief, army general

February 26, 2022

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said he saw the drug-trafficking suspects amid the gunfire battle .

Guinea-Bissau’s mystery deepens over drug-trafficking coup plot

February 13, 2022

A soldier stands guard in a street near the National Assembly in Bissau, the capital of the small coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP reporters said. ALFA BALDE - AFP

Armed men raid independent radio station in Guinea-Bissau a week after failed coup

February 9, 2022

ECOWAS to deploy stabilisation force in countries under threat of military takeover

February 4, 2022

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau says the coup attempt in his country this week is linked to his fight against drug trafficking and corruption.

Guinea-Bissau president says failed coup driven by his fight against drugs, corruption

February 3, 2022

At least six people were killed in a failed attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, state radio said on Wednesday, as residents of the capital cautiously returned to daily life.

Guinea-Bissau: Six killed in failed coup

February 2, 2022

Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya sits after he was sworn in as interim president in Conakry, Guinea October 1, 2021.REUTERS-Souleymane Camara

Guinea body setting return to civilian rule to meet Saturday

February 2, 2022

President Buhari participates at the 54th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS in Abuja on 22nd Dec 2018-2

President Buhari, ECOWAS leaders meet in Abuja to discuss political crises in Mali, Guinea

December 12, 2021

PRESIDENT BUHARI HOST PRE-CONFERENCE DINNER WITH ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 At STATE HOUSE, ABUJA

President Buhari hosts West African leaders to dinner ahead of 60th ECOWAS Session

December 12, 2021

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo attends the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja on December 21, 2019. Kola Sulaimon-AFP

Ghana’s president re-elected ECOWAS chairman

February 4, 2021

3. The truce-seeking trip of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Malian capital of Bamako on Thursday ended without a deal to soothe the country’s escalating political crisis.

President Buhari to attend Guinea Bissau’s independence anniversary Thursday

September 23, 2020

China on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of spreading a “political virus” at the United Nations after the US leader delivered a harsh attack on Beijing over the Covid-19 pandemic.

Donald Trump lashes China as UN warns against ‘Cold War’

September 22, 2020

The coup in Mali was a direct result of the protests and mass marches that have been raging through the capital Bamako since 5 June. Getty Images

ECOWAS: Mali military junta must name president by September 15

September 8, 2020

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SSG), Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday disagreed with Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, when he called on the House of Reps to amend the Quarantine Act.

PTF: Nigeria unaware of €170,000 cost for Madagascar herbal mixture

May 19, 2020