President Umaro Sissoco Embalo Stories

Guinea-Bissau’s general elections had been scheduled for November 2024, but President Umaro Sissoco Embaló postponed them, citing political instabilit...

Embalo, after a trip to Russia, Azerbaijan and Hungary, told reporters at the airport: "I will be a candidate in my own succession."

The ECOWAS team was sent to Guinea-Bissau last month to facilitate a "political consensus" on the timing of upcoming elections.

A dispute over when Embalo's presidential term should end has heightened tensions that risk unrest in a nation with a history of military coups.