Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-10-03
On October 3, 2026, 24 political and activist figures from Senegal, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau addressed an open letter to the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
In this letter, they call on the regional institution to become more involved in restoring constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, where a transition is underway under military leadership following a coup d’état.
This coup ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, plunging the country into a political crisis that the signatories hope ECOWAS will resolve swiftly.
