2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt

2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
Date30 November 2023 – 1 December 2023
(1 day)
Location
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Belligerents

 Guinea-Bissau

 National Guard
Commanders and leaders
Umaro Sissoco Embaló Victor Tchongo
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
6 soldiers injured unknown
2 killed

On 30 November–1 December 2023, clashes broke out in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, between government forces and units of the National Guard who had released two ministers accused of corruption from detention. The clashes led to the arrest of National Guard commander Colonel Victor Tchongo. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló described the events as an attempted coup.[1][2] Following the clashes, Embaló ordered the dissolution of the country's legislature.[3]

  1. ^ "Guinea-Bissau president says this week's violence was 'attempted coup'". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Guinea-Bissau: Attempted coup was foiled, says President Embaló". BBC. 4 December 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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