Sources: BBC
The Bissau-Guinean electoral commission announces that it is unable to release election results after armed men destroyed nearly all election tally sheets during the coup. 2025-12-2
Guinea-Bissau's military junta installs a 28-member provisional government after seizing power, while ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló travels to Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, where he intends to stay. 2025-11-29
The Bissau-Guinean military installs General Horta Inta-A Na Man as interim leader for one year, while President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is flown to Senegal, with opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa alleging the coup was orchestrated to block the release of the election results he claims to have won. 2025-11-27
A coup attempt is made in Guinea-Bissau. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says that "many" members of the security forces have been killed in a "failed attack against democracy" as both the African Union and ECOWAS condemn the attempted coup. 2022-02-1
Fourteen people are killed after a truck crashed into homes in Guinea-Bissau. 2021-05-24
The latest presidential election in Guinea-Bissau has to go into a second round on December 29 as no candidate managed to win more than 50% of the votes during the first round. The second round will be a run-off between Domingos Simões Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embaló while incumbent president José Mário Vaz was eliminated from the race. 2019-11-27
Arms trader Jacques Monsieur is to defend himself again at a Brussels court against accusations of arms trafficking to Libya, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Pakistan and Iran between 2006 and 2009. 2017-04-21
The Economic Community of West African States condemns the election plan of the military junta which seized power in Guinea-Bissau. 2012-04-20
Voters in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls for a presidential election following the death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá in January. 2012-03-18
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