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Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast.
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Ansu Fatib. 2002Bisau-Guinean association football playerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
João Bernardo Vieira1939 – 2009President of Guinea-Bissau (1939-2009)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Amílcar Cabral1924 – 1973Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Umaro Sissoco Embalób. 1972President of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1961 – 1974Portuguese Colonial WarPortuguese AngolaThe Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican Wars of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African…Source: Wikidata (country)
- 20122012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'étatGuinea-BissauOn 12 April 2012, a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá. The coup started in the evening with military personnel and equipment making its way onto the streets, followed by the state-owned media being taken off-air.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 20252025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'étatBissauOn 26 November 2025, the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was arrested as part of a coup d'état carried out by Head of the Military Office of the Presidency Brigadier General Dinis Incanha. Military officers declared "total control" over the country and established the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order led by General Horta Inta-A Na Man.Source: Wikidata (country)