A group of military officers announced on Wednesday that they have taken control of Guinea-Bissau, suspended the ongoing electoral process, and ordered the closure of the country's borders and airspace 'until further notice.' The so-called Higher Military Command for the Restoration of National Order 'has just assumed the full powers of the State of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau,' announced the group's spokesperson, General Denis N'Canha, the military official in charge of the presidential palace, while reading a communiqué at the General Staff of the Armed Forces in the capital of this West African country, Bissau. You may also be interested: Chaos in Guinea-Bissau!
