The pro-democracy group “Senegal Our Priority” (Sénégal Notre Priorité, SNP) has Tuesday sounded the alarm bell over unregulated surveillance being meted out on Yolande Camara, one of the country’s leading female activists. In a succinct statement issued today and seen by JollofNews, the collective called on the national and international[Read More…]
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Guinea-Bissau’s Parliament Dissolved After ‘Coup Bid’
Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving parliament after saying that he had survived an attempted coup last week. Heavy battles raged in the early hours of Friday in the capital Bissau between members of the national guard, which is linked to the interior ministry, and the presidential guard. At[Read More…]
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Says A Coup Was Foiled On Friday
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. “I can assure you that the events of December 1, 2023, are yet another attempted coup and those responsible will suffer[Read More…]