On the evening of November 30, local time, a shootout broke out in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau (also known as Guinea-Bissau), and fierce exchanges of fire broke out between the National Guard and special forces in the capital Bissau, resulting in many people. It is understood that the country's finance minister, Souleiman Seidi, and the state secretary of the Ministry of Public Finance, Antonio Monteiro, appeared before the National People's Assembly on November 27 to be questioned by lawmakers about the two taking $10 million from the state. A few hours later, Sedi and Monteiro were detained by Guinea. On the evening of the 30th, the Guinea-Bissau National Guard went to the place where the two were being detained, forcibly took them away, and transferred them to a certain place. Subsequently, the two were transferred by members of the National Guard to a military camp in the Santa Luzia district in the south of Bissau. Subsequently, Guinean special forces intervened to demand the release of the National Guard, and after several communication failures, the two sides exchanged fire. 
On 1 December, calm was temporarily restored in the capital, Bissau, with the Stabilization Support Force (SFOR) from ECOWAS patrolling the main streets. Guinea-Bissau officials also did not comment on the shootout. At present, Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoko Embalo is in Dubai to attend the United Nations COP 28 climate conference, which not only raises questions about the possibility of a military coup in Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau has experienced a series of coups and attempted coups since its independence from Portugal in 1974, the most recent of which was on February 1, 2022. On the same day, armed men surrounded the building in Guinea-Bissau, seized them and killed several security personnel. At the time, Emballo was preparing to travel to the building for a cabinet meeting, which he cancelled after hearing of the attack by armed men. Subsequently, ** launched a counterattack against the coup people, which eventually broke up the coup. 
Since the beginning of this year, coups and attempted coups have taken place in Niger, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and other countries. In view of the long-term political instability in Guinea-Bissau, Chinese-funded institutions, enterprises and personnel in Guinea-Bissau are reminded to pay close attention to the local tensions, travel to the capital cautiously in the near future, avoid sensitive areas, and reduce the time spent in political party institutions, ** and military and police service facilitiesAvoid socially and politically sensitive topics;Reduce outings and unnecessary gatherings;Do not participate in ** demonstrations, detour the demonstration area. At the same time, we will continue to strengthen risk prevention, appropriately improve the security level of the station and accompanying personnel, and make overall plans for safety and production and operation.
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