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Senegal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that it had secretly facilitated the departure of Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, following the swearing-in of General Horta Intana as the head of a transitional government.
According to an official communiqué, Embaló left the country aboard a flight originally organized to repatriate Senegalese nationals as well as members of several election-monitoring missions who had been in Guinea-Bissau during the political turmoil.
The ministry explained that the Senegalese government had chartered a special aircraft to travel to Bissau specifically to support this covert extraction and repatriation effort. “This operation enabled President Umaro Sissoco Embaló to reach Senegal safely,” the statement noted.
Embaló’s discreet evacuation unfolded against a backdrop of heightened military activity in Bissau, as soldiers maintained a strong presence throughout the capital. The move came just as Guinea-Bissau reopened its airspace and began gradually restoring certain public services, signaling a cautious return to normalcy. The authorization to reopen the country’s airspace was issued earlier in the day by Caramo Camara, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority.
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The episode marks a significant moment in Guinea-Bissau’s ongoing political transition, as the new leadership consolidates control and regional partners step in to manage a delicate post-crisis environment.
