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Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, on November 2, 2021. [Reuters]

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking.

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