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2010 Guinea-Bissau Military Unrest
Military unrest occurred in Guinea-Bissau on 1 April 2010. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior was placed under house arrest by soldiers, who also detained Army Chief of Staff Zamora Induta. Supporters of Gomes and his party, PAIGC, reacted to the move of the military by demonstrating in the capital, Bissau; Antonio Indjai, the Deputy Chief of Staff, then warned that he would have Gomes killed if the protests continued.Assimo Balde"Soldiers put Guinea-Bissau PM under house arrest" Associated Press, 1 April 2010. Events of 1 April In the morning of 1 April 2010, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior's office was besieged by soldiers. Gomes was detained by the soldiers and moved to a military camp, although he was taken to his home later in the day and kept there under guard. Zamora Induta, the Army Chief of Staff, was also detained and held at the camp. Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto, who had taken refuge at the United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 1,726,000. It borders Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south-east. Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Kaabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonised as Portuguese Guinea. Portuguese control was restricted and weak until the early 20th century with the pacification campaigns, these campaigns solidified Portuguese sovereignty in the area. The final Portuguese victory over the remaining bastion of mainland resistance, the Papel ruled Kingdom of Bissau in 1915 by the Portu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Gomes Junior
Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere * Carlos (crater), Montes Apenninus, LQ12, Moon; a lunar crater near Mons Hadley People * Carlos (given name), including a list of name holders * Carlos (surname), including a list of name holders Sportspeople * Carlos (Timorese footballer) (born 1986) * Carlos (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Carlos (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer Others * Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king or paramount chief of the Calusa people of Southwest Florida * Carlos (DJ) (born 1966), British DJ * Carlos (singer) (1943—2008), French entertainer * Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist *Carlos (DJ) (born 2010) Guyanese DJ Arts and entertainment * ''Carlos'' (miniseries), 2010 biopic about the terrorist Carlos the Jackal * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamora Induta
Zamora Induta (born 28 May 1966) is a Guinea-Bissauan lieutenant general. He was the Chief of Staff of the Military of Guinea-Bissau from October 27, 2009 to April 1, 2010. He was born in Bissau and after leaving school served in the Navy branch of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (Portuguese:''Forças Armadas Revolucionarias do Povo'', FARP), the armed wing of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: ''Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde'', PAIGC). PAIGC had been established in 1956 under the leadership of Amilcar Cabral to achieve independence from Portugal, by violent means if necessary. Many years after independence had been secured and PAIGC had taken power he was arrested and imprisoned for eight months in 2010 by rebel forces during the 2010 Guinea-Bissau military uprising against the PAIGC regime. He was arrested again in 2012 following the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état and accused of terrorism again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Party For The Independence Of Guinea And Cape Verde
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was one of the belligerents in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Towards the end of the war, the party established a socialist one-party state, which remained intact until multi-party democracy was introduced in the early 1990s. Although the party won the first multi-party elections in 1994, it was removed from power in the 1999–2000 elections. However, it returned to office after winning parliamentary elections in 2004 and presidential elections in 2005, since which it has remained the largest party in the National People's Assembly. The PAIGC also governed Cape Verde, from its independence in 1975 to 1980. After the military coup in Guinea-Bissau in 1980, the Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of Guinea-Bissau
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People ( pt, Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo) or FARP are the national military of Guinea-Bissau. They consist of an Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. The World Bank estimated that there were around 4,000 personnel in the Armed Forces. The estimated military expenditure are $23.3 million, and military spending as a percentage of GDP as 1.7% The World Fact Book reports that the military service age and obligation is 18–25 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16 years of age or younger with parental consent, for voluntary service (2009). Internal culture 2010 Guinea-Bissau military unrest Major General Batista Tagme Na Waie was chief of staff of the Guinea-Bissau armed forces until his assassination in 2009. Military unrest occurred in Guinea-Bissau on 1 April 2010. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior was placed under house arrest by soldiers, who also detained Army Chief of Staff Zamora Indut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and military centre. Etymology The term Bissau may have come from the name of a clan N'nssassun, in its plural form Bôssassun.direct link to pdf Intchassu (Bôssassu) was the name given to the nephew of King Mecau—the first sovereign of the island of Bissau—, son of his sister Pungenhum. Bôssassu formed a clan of the Papel peoples. History The city was founded in 1687 by Portugal as a fortified port and trading center. In 1942 the capital of Portuguese Guinea was transferred from Bolama to Bissau. After the declaration of independence by the anti-colonial guerrillas of PAIGC in 1973, the capital of the rebel territories was declared to be Madina do Boe, while Bissau remained the colonial capital. When Portugal granted independence, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Indjai
Antonio Indjai was Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff from 2010 to 2014, and was one of the leaders in the military unrest of 1 April 2010. Indjai emerged from within the ruling junta during the destructive civil war which lasted from June 1998 to May 1999. In 1999, Indjai was named deputy commander of the northern military zone led by Tagme Na Waie. In 2004, Tagme was promoted to the top army post after the death of army chief General Verissimo Correia Seabra, and Indjai became leader of the northern military zone. In 2006, Indjai was promoted to Colonel as a result of his leadership in the war against a Senegalese separatist group from the Casamance who had set up camp in Guinea-Bissau. In November 2008, Indjai was promoted to brigadier general and deputy army chief. In August 2021, Antonio Indjai is wanted by the United States for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking Washington offers 5 million dollars to whoever will arrest him. Indjai is married with four child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubo Na Tchuto
José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto (born 12 June 1949 Incalá, Tombali Region, Guinea-Bissau) is an admiral in the Navy of Guinea-Bissau. He was previously Chief of Staff of the Navy. On August 6, 2008, he was behind a failed coup attempt against President João Bernardo Vieira. He fled to the Gambia after the coup before returning to Guinea Bissau in 2009 following Vieira's assassination. Arrest Bubo Na Tchuto was captured in international waters near Cape Verde on 2 April 2013 during an operation by North American and Cape Verdian police, and extradited to the United States for trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was charged on 5 April with conspiring to import drugs into the U.S., while several co-conspirators were charged with conspiring to engage in narco-terrorism, import drugs into the U.S., and provide aid to FARC by storing its cocaine in West Africa. According to prosecutors, Bubo na Tchuto suggested the time was ripe to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malam Bacai Sanha
Malam is a name. Notable people with this name include: Surname * Albert Malam (1913–1992), English football player * Brady Malam (born 1973), New Zealand rugby league football player * Daouda Malam Wanké (1946–2004), military and political leader in Niger * Gaston Malam (born 1952), Cameroonian sprinter * Halidou Malam (born 1976), Cameroonian football player * John Malam, British historian * Ram Singh Malam, Indian navigator, architect and craftsman Given name * Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947–2012), Guinea-Bissau politician * Malam Saguirou, Niger filmmaker * Malam Wakili (born 1958), Nigerian politician * Peter Malam Brothers (1917–2008), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace Other * Diospyros malam or Diospyros areolata ''Diospyros areolata'' is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It grows up to tall. Twigs are reddish brown when young. Inflorescences usually bear three flowers. The fruits are round, up to in diameter. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Guinea-Bissau
The politics of Guinea-Bissau take place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system, wherein the President is head of state and the Prime Minister is head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National People's Assembly. Since 1994, the Bissau-Guinean party system has been dominated by the socialist African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde and the Party for Social Renewal. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Despite the democratic, constitutional framework, the military has exercised substantial power, and has interfered repeatedly in civilian leadership since multi-party elections were instituted in 1994. In the past 16 years, Guinea-Bissau has experienced two coups, a civil war, an attempted coup, and a presidential assassination by the military. Since the country's independence in 1974, only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 In Guinea-Bissau
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The following lists events that happened during 2010 in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Incumbents *President: Malam Bacai Sanhá *Prime Minister: Carlos Gomes Júnior Events April *April 1 - 2010 Guinea-Bissau military unrest November *November 23 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1949 Deaths References Guinea-Bissau Years of the 21st century in Guinea-Bissau 2010s in Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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