Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers claimed taking total control of the country, citing the need to clarify the situation before returning to constitutional order. Hours earlier, gunfire rang out near the presidential palace, an AFP journalist said. FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell reports.
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