Gun pictures have been fired in a single day in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Bissau and continued into Friday morning, Reuters reporters mentioned.
The circumstances of the taking pictures stay unclear.
One reporter mentioned gunshots have been first heard after midnight within the neighbourhood of Antula, on the outskirts of the capital, the place a military common lives.
Army automobiles have been on the streets on Friday morning as residents commuted to work and college. Gunshots may nonetheless be heard however have been much less frequent than in the course of the evening.
One other reporter heard gunshots not removed from the presidential palace.
There have been at the least 10 coups or tried coups in Guinea Bissau since independence from Portugal in 1974. Just one democratically elected president has accomplished a full time period within the West African nation south of Senegal.
No less than six folks have been killed throughout a failed try to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in February final yr.
On the time, Embalo instructed it was linked to the federal government’s combat towards drug trafficking slightly than a military plan to grab energy.
West Africa has been hit by a string of navy takeovers over the previous three years, together with two in Mali, one in Guinea, two in Burkina Faso and one in Gabon.
Sierra Leone’s authorities pushed again a navy try to overthrow it over the weekend. Greater than 20 folks have been killed as gunmen within the capital Freetown attacked navy barracks, a jail and different areas on Sunday, releasing about 2,200 inmates.
. Reuters, TOE, AGENCIES
