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Guinea-Bissau launches major probe into foiled coup

Guinea-Bissau, a coastal state of around two million people lying south of Senegal, has suffered four military coups since independence from Portugal in 1974, its most recent in 2012.

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, pictured during the December 2019 election campaign /AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday launched a major investigation into a foiled attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who survived a gun attack in the uprising that claimed 11 lives, according

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