Guinea-Bissau Coup
What triggered the Guinea-Bissau coup?
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67 mins
Discover the events behind coups in Guinea-Bissau, including the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état. Explore how political instability, military influence, and contested elections led to repeated power struggles.
Ep 1:
The Coup Nobody Can Explain
Tanks roll, a president tweets his own overthrow, and both election rivals vanish into detention—Guinea-Bissau's latest coup is stranger than fiction, and nobody can agree on what's real.
Ep 2:
A Nation Born Into Chaos
From a guerrilla war for independence to nine coups in fifty years, Guinea-Bissau's military and drug trade have fused into a machine of chaos—and it's finally exposed as Africa's first narco-state.
Ep 3:
Votes Vanish Into Military Hands
A record election turnout meant nothing once soldiers seized the ballot commission's servers—leaving candidates detained, results sealed, and a toothless ECOWAS watching West Africa's coup epidemic spread further.
Ep 4:
Faces Behind the Coup
Meet the generals, rivals, and detained candidates driving Guinea-Bissau's crisis—including a security chief turned junta leader whose loyalty to the man he 'overthrew' raises more questions than answers.
Ep 5:
The Cocaine Behind the Curtain
Cocaine profits dwarf the nation's economy, corrupting generals and ministers alike—and the junta claiming to fight narco-traffickers may be the very traffickers themselves.
Ep 6:
Three Roads From Here
Will pressure restore democracy, will the junta dig in, or will another coup follow this one? We map out Guinea-Bissau's likely—and grim—paths forward.
Ep 7:
West Africa's Vicious Cycle
Guinea-Bissau's chaos mirrors a region-wide collapse of eleven coups in five years—exposing weak institutions, broken promises, and a cycle West Africa can't seem to escape.
Discussions (5)
Abraham
Level 9 · 5 mo agoI looked up the GDP numbers and the host is totally right. The estimated value of the cocaine they move is over two billion dollars but their actual GDP is only 1.6 billion. They are literal cartels.
Sherry
Level 7 · 5 mo agoI disagree with the fake coup theory. Embalo wouldn't risk EVERYTHING just to delay an election. It was 100% an inside betrayal by his own team 🤷🏽♀️
Willis
Level 5 · 5 mo agoYeah he definitely staged the whole thing. Who is just sitting there tweeting while being overthrown?
