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2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
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Map of Guinea-Bissau
Date 12 April 2012
Location  Guinea-Bissau
11°51′N 15°34′W / 11.850°N 15.567°W / 11.850; -15.567
Result
Belligerents
Guinea-Bissau Civilian administration (including Election Commission)
Emblem of Guinea-Bissau.svg Civil society
Guinea-Bissau Police
Guinea-Bissau PAIGC
Angola Angolan Military
Guinea-Bissau Military Command
Guinea-Bissau National Transitional Council
Commanders and leaders

Guinea-Bissau Raimundo Pereira
Guinea-Bissau Adiato Djaló Nandigna

Guinea-Bissau Carlos Gomes Júnior
Guinea-Bissau Mohamed Ialá Embaló
Angola Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dúnem
Guinea-Bissau General Antonio Indjai
Guinea-Bissau General Mamadu Ture Kuruma
Guinea-Bissau Fernando Vaz
Strength
Up to 200 (Angolan troops) 50%+ of the Armed Forces
(predominantly Balanta members of the army)

Guinea-Bissau Raimundo Pereira
Guinea-Bissau Adiato Djaló Nandigna

On 12 April 2012, a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with military personnel and equipment making its way onto the streets, followed by the state-owned media being taken off-air.

Both second-round candidates and the incumbent president were initially arrested by the junta. Members of the Military Council, which ran the country until an interim National Transitional Council was established on 15 April, said that one of the reasons for the coup was the incumbent civilian administration's call for Angolan help to reform the military. Following international condemnation and sanctions against leaders of the junta, an agreement was signed that led to the third place candidate in the election, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, being selected as interim president. The presidential election was aborted and postponed for at least two years into the future. An interim government is tasked with administering Guinea-Bissau in the meantime.


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