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Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says that gunmen tried to kill him and his entire cabinet at the government palace yesterday during the coup d'état attempt. The heavy gunfire, which lasted for five hours, resulted in the deaths of at least four attackers and two guards. The attackers are said to be "linked to drug trafficking in the country".
2022-02-2

Former Guinea-Bissau Finance Minister José Mário Vaz is elected President of Guinea-Bissau.
2014-05-21

Former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau and suspected drug kingpin, Bubo Na Tchuto, is arrested in a United States-led sting operation off the coast of West Africa.
2013-04-4

Guinea-Bissau is suspended from the African Union one week after a coup d'état.
2012-04-17

Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau announce the formation of a Transitional National Council after the recent coup; the acting president and prime minister remain in detention.
2012-04-16

The Economic Community of West African States condemns an apparent coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau.
2012-04-13

President Malam Bacai Sanhá of Guinea-Bissau dies at the age of 64 while undergoing treatment for an unknown ailment in Paris.
2012-01-9

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President of Guinea-Bissau Malam Bacai Sanhá meet in Tehran.
2010-08-7

The European Union announces it will end its mission to reform security forces in Guinea-Bissau due to the deteriorating situation in the country.
2010-08-2

Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanhá takes a "sovereign decision" to inaugurate mutineering General Antonio Indjai as army chief, causing upset to the United States which decides not to support this.
2010-06-30