Namibia: Guinea-Bissau coup was a sham, West African political figures say – News

​​Senegal’s prime minister and Nigeria’s former president have both said they believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau’s president this week was staged.

Umaro Embaló’s apparent removal by the military on Wednesday came a day before authorities were due to announce election results.

The military has since suspended the electoral process and blocked the release of the results, insisting it thwarted a plot to destabilise the politically unstable country.

Senegal’s prime…