Guinea Bissau: Military Plays Politics to Defend Own Power

23 April 2012
analysis

On the night of 12th April Guinea-Bissau 'Military Command' put troops on to the streets of Bissau, the country's capital, closed the frontiers, imprisoned the Prime Minister, the acting President and others, sacked the government, dissolved parliament, and shut TV and radio stations.

These events were justified, according to the 'Military Command,' because the Prime Minister, backed and assisted by Angola, was bent on "annihilating" the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau.

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