{"id":28377,"date":"2026-03-11T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28377"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:06:36","slug":"guinea-bissaus-political-scene-shaken-by-pms-comments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/guinea-bissaus-political-scene-shaken-by-pms-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau\u2019s political scene shaken by PMs comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea-Bissau is back in the spotlight after former Prime Minister (PM) Baciro Dj\u00e1 broke months of silence over the events of November 26, when an alleged coup led to the removal of then-President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 and halted the country\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference in the capital, Dj\u00e1 suggested that the Republican Platform may not have been completely removed from the events that allowed the military to seize power.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his remarks, the leader of the Patriotic Front for National Salvation was briefly detained by police but released a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst and Guinean legal expert Dr Fransual Dias says Dj\u00e1\u2019s statements highlight the fragile balance of power in the country and underscore ongoing challenges to Guinea-Bissau\u2019s political stability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28378,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28377","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Guinea-Bissau is back in the spotlight after former Prime Minister (PM) Baciro Dj\u00e1 broke months of silence","published_date":"2026-03-11 13:05:00","news_description":"Guinea-Bissau is back in the spotlight after former Prime Minister (PM) Baciro Dj\u00e1 broke months of silence","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28379,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28377\/revisions\/28379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}