Soldiers hold weapons while patrolling a street near the scene of gunfire near the Presidential Palace in Bissau on November 26, 2025.
| Photo Credit: AFP
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) they were taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and closing its borders, three days after the poverty-stricken west African nation’s legislative and presidential elections.
Earlier in the day gunfire was heard near the coup-prone country’s presidential palace as men in military uniform took over the main road leading to the building.
Military personnel made the announcement by reading a statement at army headquarters in the capital, Bissau, AFP journalists observed on the scene.
Published – November 26, 2025 08:59 pm IST
