Umaro Sissoko EmbaloMOSCOW, Feb. 1 Bissau, the capital of the country, where an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers was held with the participation of the President and the Prime Minister, radio station RFI reports. It is reported that the meeting of the Council was interrupted due to the shooting. After the spread of information about the shooting in the city center, panic began, the radio station said. Guinea-Bissau increased military presence. A cordon has been set up around a number of government departments. The motives of the shooters are not yet known, the radio station notes. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it was concerned about the shooting in Guinea-Bissau, called the events taking place there an attempted coup. «ECOWAS condemns this coup attempt and considers the military responsible for the physical integrity of President Umaro Sisoko Embalo and members of his government,» the community said in a statement. ECOWAS called on the military to return to the barracks. Burkina Faso has become the new humiliation of France in Africa
