Africa: Timeline – Guinea-Bissau Joins a List of Recent Coups in West Africa

Coups and their aftermath also fractured ECOWAS as they led to the creation of the Alliance for Sahel States (AES) by three junta-led West African states.

Guinea-Bissau has become the latest West African country to experience a coup, bringing the tally of such incidents in the sub-region since the turn of the decade to 10.

Army officials announced on Wednesday that they had taken over the government and suspended elections in the country, a few hours before the electoral commission could declare…