Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Fears of Guinea-Bissau coup attempt amid gunfire in capital | Guinea-Bissau | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM State broadcaster reports ‘invaders’ holding government officials amid videos of heavily armed men on social media Quote Multiple military takeovers in Mali, as well as Guinea and Burkina Faso, have seen militaries backed by popular support depose elected leaders, fuelled by mass frustration with rising jihadist insurgency in the Sahel. Guinea-Bissau has often faced the threat of military coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974. The small country of just 1.5 million people has had four coups and more than a dozen attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I thought you were just reposting about that other African coup from like a week ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 20 minutes ago, ThreePi said: I thought you were just reposting about that other African coup from like a week ago. In the last 18 months, there have been coup attempts in four West African countries. It's effectively a "coup contagion". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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