Guinea-Bissau Military Seizes Power as Disputed Election Spirals Into Crisis

Officers say they are closing borders and suspending poll as president and main rival both claim victory

Military officers said they had formed ‘the high military command for the restoration of order’ and would rule until further notice. Photograph: Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/Getty

Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces have declared that they are assuming “total control” of the country, plunging the small West African nation into yet another power struggle just days afte…