A military court placed Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira in prison Friday, according to a security source, as he faces accusations of having tried to overturn the previous government.
Pereira, leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was detained when the army overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on November 26 last year.
However he was released in January and had been living under house arrest in Bissau since then.
Pereira stands accused of involvement in an attempted October 2025 coup, which he is alleged to have helped finance, in addition to separate financial crimes and involvement in a 2023 coup attempt.
Both of the alleged coup attempts occurred under Embalo, before his November ousting.
