The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won’t tolerate unconstitutional changes.
In a resolution adopted by the AU Peace and Security Council on Friday, the organization reiterated it has “zero tolerance on unconstitutional changes of government.” It moved to “immediately suspend the Republic of Guinea-Bissau from participating in all activities of the Union, its organs and institutions, until constitutional order is restored in the country.”
Speaking to The Associated Press on Saturday evening, former president Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s chief of staff said the ousted leader traveled to the Republic of the Congo overnight and arrived Saturday morning.
“Yes, the president is already in Brazzaville. We left Dakar last night and arrived in Congo-Brazzaville this morning,” Califa Soares Cassamá, the former president’s chief of staff, confirmed to AP.
Embaló had previously arrived in neighboring Senegal on Thursday on a flight chartered by the Senegalese government.
Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest countries, has
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