Guinea-Bissau: Are drug cartels behind the attempted coup?
By DW
05 February 2022 |
3:05 pm
It is still unclear who is behind the attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau. President Embalo claims that the coup plotters wanted to end his fight against drug trafficking. But what about the role of the political elite?
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