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Coup in Guinea.

Guinea-Bissau army officers say they have seized power; president deposed​

A group of military officers in Guinea-Bissau has claimed “total control” of the country, a day after two leading candidates in a tightly contested presidential election each declared victory.

Calling themselves the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, the officers read out a statement on television on Wednesday, declaring that they had ordered the immediate suspension of the electoral process “until further notice”.

They also ordered the closure of all land, air and sea borders and an overnight curfew.

The move came shortly after sustained gunfire was heard near the election commission’s headquarters, the presidential palace and the Ministry of the Interior in the capital, Bissau.

The results of Sunday’s presidential vote – which pitted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo against his primary challenger, Fernando Dias – had been expected to be announced on Thursday in the West African nation.

“I have been deposed,” Embalo told French broadcaster France24 in a phone call, adding that he was “currently at the general staff headquarters”.

Reporting from neighbouring Senegal on Wednesday afternoon, Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reported that Embalo was under arrest.

The head of the main opposition PAIGC party, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has also been arrested, Haque said. “As well, we’ve just heard that the military is trying to cut off the Internet. There’s a curfew in place.”

He added that the army officer leading the coup, Denis N’Canha, served as the head of the presidential guard. “The man supposed to protect the president himself has put the president under arrest,” Haque

The results of Sunday’s presidential vote – which pitted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo against his primary challenger, Fernando Dias – had been expected to be announced on Thursday in the West African nation.

“I have been deposed,” Embalo told French broadcaster France24 in a phone call, adding that he was “currently at the general staff headquarters”.

Reporting from neighbouring Senegal on Wednesday afternoon, Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reported that Embalo was under arrest.

The head of the main opposition PAIGC party, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has also been arrested, Haque said. “As well, we’ve just heard that the military is trying to cut off the Internet. There’s a curfew in place.”

He added that the army officer leading the coup, Denis N’Canha, served as the head of the presidential guard. “The man supposed to protect the president himself has put the president under arrest,” Haque said.

Guinea-Bissau has experienced several coups and attempted coups since it gained independence from Portugal in 1974.

The legitimacy of this week’s election was called into question by civil society groups and other observers after the PAIGC was barred from running in the presidential race, Haque reported.
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Coup in Guinea.


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The Simandou project will change the dynamics of the global iron ore market​

China seeks to strengthen its influence over trade in this raw material​

The Simandou project in Guinea threatens to further change the dynamics of the iron ore market, which is already facing an uncertain future in terms of demand, writes
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Brothers when the SHTF and gloves are off and fangs and claws are used I have absolutely NO doubt,Chinese from North,South,East and West will clamour to join in the fight to defend their common nation-especially against a rabid,resurgent Japan and the west hoping to recreate the Century of Humiliation for China
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For the west, this will turn into a millennium of humiliation if they cannot see reason and stop antagonizing others as though they came out of WW2. They have lost the Ukraine war base on. All of these stupid deals they are trying to suck Russia into (Given Russia is making progress that Washington cannot stomach) shows that if they cannot handle Russia, what makes them think they can handle China
 
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People have memory of a goldfish. Tens of millions people in Southeast Asia worship Japan despite killing millions southeast asians there.
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Yeah that's the sad part about South East Asia. Most of these nations didn't exist in WW2, hence they tend to selectively remember the postwar history. Because this was the era where these nations started to gain agency.

The Cold War was also the era where Japan was the leading economy in Asia. So, it was kinda cool to follow the example of Japan. Combine this with the lack of awareness for WW2 history, then its relatively easy to convince people in SEA to worship Japan.
 
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China first and foremost is a land power unlike any other, to assume that they could get the endless amounts of 2nd class Chinese forces that would most likely be doing nothing caught up is really silly. China could easily defend all of Russia just by itself.
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Drones can enter from any country with weak air defense and infrastructure that cause disruption. This 360 degree air defense with last support at top of higher structures. (air defense need energy). see my earlier posts about Mi-26 and Pantsir. (2.1km intercept speed for sudden detection). China has much larger coastline and countries in south.
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Official message

An explosion of an unmanned aerial vehicle of unknown origin was recorded in the Burlin district of the West Kazakhstan region. Debris was found in a remote area, outside the residential area. No casualties or material damage were recorded.

Jointly with authorized state bodies, verification measures are being carried out to establish the circumstances of the incident and the origin of the object.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan has taken additional measures to strengthen airspace control and prevent unauthorized crossing of the state border by air objects. Consultations are being conducted with foreign partners to whom these devices may potentially belong.
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— It was previously reported that mini-missiles for the Pantsir missile system, which is designed to destroy drones, had begun to be delivered. How effective are they?

"They shoot down everything in flight. A single Pantsir combat vehicle can now carry 48 of these missiles and can repel even a massive drone attack."

Overall, the effectiveness of the Pantsir system is exceptional. There are combat vehicles that have shot down hundreds of targets. Arkady Shipunov, the founder of this system, is a truly remarkable designer. The first system was created two decades ago, but the technical capabilities it contains are essentially limitless: they are continually being expanded.
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