The poor reputation that UMARO SISSOCO EMBALÓ (USE) has given himself due to the clearly authoritarian regime he installed in the country and the excesses and/or abuses that have marked the way he exercises power, are increasing Guinea-Bissau's external isolation, especially among governments of countries in the region, but also among Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa and East Timor.
The increasing attention with which ECOWAS, through its own bodies such as Parliament and the Council of Ministers, is monitoring the situation in Guinea-Bissau is particularly fuelled by assessments and/or perspectives according to which hotbeds of tension are being generated in the country that could plunge it into a new cycle of instability. Governments of countries in the region such as Senegal, Benin and Nigeria share this scenario. READ MORE