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The authorities of Ghana has condemned the overthrow of the Guinea-Bissau authorities by the military, a fewer days aft the behaviour of a wide election.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs successful a connection issued connected Wednesday, (November 26, 2025), described the subject takeover arsenic unconstitutional and an battle connected the antiauthoritarian governance of the West African country.
"The Government of the Republic of Ghana powerfully and unequivocally condemns the coup d’état carried retired by elements of the subject successful the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
"This unconstitutional usurpation of authorization represents a nonstop battle connected antiauthoritarian governance and disrupts the electoral process that followed the peaceful behaviour of statesmanlike and legislative elections connected November 23, 2025," it said.
Background
A radical of subject officers led by the Head of the Military Office of the Guinea-Bissau Presidency, Brigadier General Denis N'Canha connected Wednesday announced a takeover and suspended the electoral process until further.
The subject radical known arsenic the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, said they were acting to foil a crippled by immoderate unnamed politicians who allegedly had the enactment of a well-known cause baron to destabilise the country.
Prior to the coup d’état, the incumbent President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló and the main opposition, Domingos Simoes Pereira, some declared themselves winners up of the authoritative announcement by the electoral assemblage of the state connected Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Both leaders person since been allegedly been arrested by the coup makers and detained.
Ghana's Foreign Ministry successful the connection said Ghana viewed the improvement with profound concern.
It added that subject takeover has besides dangerously interrupted the antiauthoritarian trajectory of the West African federation and obstructed the anticipated announcement of the predetermination results.
It besides called for the contiguous restoration of law bid successful Guinea-Bissau and urged each actors to respect the antiauthoritarian process and question redress legally and peacefully, if immoderate enactment had grievances astir the electoral process.
"Any grievances arising from the elections indispensable beryllium addressed solely done peaceful, transparent, and legally recognised mechanisms," it stated.
The authorities of Ghana further demanded that the information and cardinal rights of each citizens and overseas nationals beryllium safeguarded.
"Particular accent is placed connected the extortion of officials of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission presently deployed successful Guinea-Bissau, whose information and unafraid transition indispensable beryllium guaranteed without delay," it said.
It appealed to the radical of Guinea-Bissau to stay calm, workout maximum restraint, and debar actions that whitethorn escalate the action.
The authorities of Ghana reaffirmed its afloat enactment for ECOWAS and the African Union successful their coordinated effect to the situation, successful accordance with determination and continental protocols connected democracy, bully governance, and law rule.
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