ECOWAS has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies following the 26 November military coup that removed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. The decision came after an emergency virtual summit where leaders condemned the takeover, insisting that the National Electoral Commission be allowed to announce the 23 November poll results and rejecting any arrangement that “perpetuates the illegal abortion of the democratic process.”
The bloc ordered the release of President Embaló, electoral officials, and other detained figures, warning coup organisers they would be held responsible for any harm. According to NTA, the communiqué praised citizens’ resilience while expressing concern over military interference, and the session drew top regional leaders, AU officials, UN representatives, and Guinea-Bissau’s foreign minister amid a crisis that erupted just before election results were due.