[1/2] Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin following the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 29, 2023.
Sergei Bobylyov/TASS Host Photo Agency via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBISSAU, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Saturday that gunfire and clashes that had erupted in the capital of the West African nation on Friday were an attempted coup.
At least six people were killed during a failed attempt to overthrow Embalo in February 2022.
We still need to put an end once and for all on these upheavals in Guinea-Bissau," Embalo said.
Reporting by Alberto Dabo; Writing by Bate Felix; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Bobylyov, Embalo, Alberto Dabo, Bate Felix, Jonathan Oatis, Nick Zieminski
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Guinea, Agency, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson
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Russia, Africa, Saint Petersburg, Guinea, Bissau, West, Dubai, Portugal