The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the violence that erupted in Guinea Bissau in the early hours of Friday.
The ECOWAS parliament in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday stated that the community learnt with deep preoccupation, the violence that erupted in Guinea Bissau in the early hours of Friday.
ECOWAS strongly condemned the violence and attempts to disrupt the constitutional order and rule of law in Guinea Bissau.
ECOWAS further called for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the incident in accordance with the law.
Also, ECOWAS expressed its solidarity with the people of that country and the constitutional authority of Guinea Bissau.
Only last week, Sierra Leone also witnessed a major political unrest as information minister, Chernor Bah, said the attacks on several locations in the capital, Freetown, were a failed attempt to overthrow the government.
In the end, 13 military officers and one civilian have been arrested following the incident, he told a press conference.
"The incident was a failed attempted coup. The intention was to illegally subvert and overthrow a democratically elected government," Bah had said.
"The attempt failed, and plenty of the leaders are either in police custody or on the run, and we will try to capture them and bring them to the full force of the laws of Sierra Leone."
The United States government had condemned the military breach and unrest in the West African country of Sierra Leone, while pledging its support for democracy and peace.
The US Embassy in Sierra Leone made the statement in a tweet on Sunday while expressing strong disapproval of the jailbreak as it called for cooperation with government security forces.
The United States said it affirmed its support for “a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous Sierra Leone.”
ECOWAS in a statement dated Sunday, November 26, 2023, had also said it "has learnt with utter disgust a plot by certain individuals to acquire arms and disturb the peace and constitutional order in Sierra Leone.”
The West African bloc reiterated its zero-tolerance for unconstitutional change of government.