Overview
- Soldiers suspended the electoral process, shut borders, curtailed media and assembly, and later announced a nationwide ban on protests and strikes.
- State media showed Horta N’Tam sworn in to head a one-year transitional administration as troops maintained checkpoints around key sites in Bissau.
- Senegal’s foreign ministry said deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived safely in Senegal, following conflicting reports about his detention.
- The military reported arrests of senior figures including armed forces chiefs Biaguê Na N’tan and Mamadou Touré and Interior Minister Botché Candé.
- The African Union and other international actors condemned the takeover, while opposition leaders alleged without proof that Embaló staged the crisis to avoid conceding defeat.