Tensions rise in Guinea-Bissau over president’s mandate expiration date

The opposition in Guinea-Bissau has pledged to bring the nation to a halt on Thursday amid a conflict regarding the expiration date of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo’s five-year term.

Opposition figures assert that Embalo’s mandate concludes on Thursday, while the Supreme Court of Justice in Guinea-Bissau has determined that it actually ends on September 4.

Tensions have escalated as Embalo announced on Sunday that both presidential…