Some African countries are so 'coup' ridden that you can almost set your watch (well your calendar) by them. So this story of the nnnnth coup in impoverished (aren't they all) Guinea-Bissau's short history, and the apparent indifference of the locals to it, made me shake my head, but not in surprise.
On 1 April, army officers captured the prime minister and the army chief of staff, the soldiers later released Prime Minister Gomes, but Gen Jose Zamora Induta is still being held.
However on the streets of the capital Bissau, where people euphemistically refer to the situation as "the incident", life apparently goes on as normal despite the threats from the coup leaders to kill the prime minister and shoot civilians if there was resistance.....
On 1 April, army officers captured the prime minister and the army chief of staff, the soldiers later released Prime Minister Gomes, but Gen Jose Zamora Induta is still being held.
However on the streets of the capital Bissau, where people euphemistically refer to the situation as "the incident", life apparently goes on as normal despite the threats from the coup leaders to kill the prime minister and shoot civilians if there was resistance.....
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