Army seizes Guinea-Bissau capital

Mortars blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau as the military sealed off the city’s central area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister’s home, according to a diplomat and witnesses.

The West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS said it “formally condemns any attempt at a coup d’etat”, said Daniel Kablan Duncan, president of the body’s Council on Mediation and Security.