US EditionGuinea Bissau's Opposition Leader Released From Jail After Months Behind Bars
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Farouche opposed to the overthrow of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) had been taken prisoner on the day of the coup on 26 November 2025, together with other opponents, including Fernando Dias. He was placed under house arrest after his release.
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The military junta in Guinea-Bissau is no longer seeking to arrest a senior opposition politician who had been on the run, an opposition official said on Saturday, January 31, even as another prominent opposition figure has now been placed under house arrest. The junta detained several senior politicians after overthrowing President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and seizing power on November 26, just days after a presidential election and before the offi…
Guinea-Bissau: Prominent Opposition Figure Released From Jail
By Enyichukwu Enemanna The military government in Guinea-Bissau on Friday freed a prominent opposition leader from jail after spending months in detention. Domingos Simoes Pereira was one of several senior politicians imprisoned by the military after it seized power in November, overthrowing President Umaro Sissoco Embalo just days after a hotly contested presidential elections. The junta claimed it acted in order to prevent bloodshed between su…
It was necessary to wait for the night so that the leader of the PAIGC could leave the second team, attached to the Ministry of the Interior, where the military kept him under arrest since the fall of 26 November.
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