A group of military officers said on Wednesday they had seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, Radio France Internationale reported, after gunfire was heard at key locations in the capital.
Military officers said they had formed a “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” and would be in charge of the West African nation until further notice.
Soldiers took control of the main road leading to Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace on Wednesday after gunshots rang out, as the poverty-stricken west African country awaits results of a vote claimed by both major presidential candidates https://t.co/UfwZLwEWFa pic.twitter.com/XCaqFmTFzU
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The move came a day before the electoral commission was due to announce provisional results of the hotly contested presidential election between incumbent Umar Sissoc Embalo and main challenger Fernando Dias.
(Vijesti.ba/Fena)
