Guinea-Bissau’s transitional leader General Horta N’Tam travelled to Chad on Monday, his first foreign trip during more than eight months in power.
N’Tam’s flight left the country’s main Osvaldo Vieira International Airport at around 9:30 GMT, but no information was given about the leader’s programme.
The Chadian presidency said that N’Tam was “the guest of the president of the Republic of Chad to attend the military parades” for the independence anniversary celebrations.
The military took control of Guinea-Bissau in late November 2025 following the ouster of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo a day before provisional results of national elections were to be announced. Embalo was seeking a second term.
Elections and referendum
The military appointed N’Tam as transitional leader.
Guinea-Bissau is set to hold presidential and legislative elections meant to restore civilian rule on December 6.
It will additionally hold a referendum on August 30 on whether to approve a constitutional change giving the president more powers.
Guinea-Bissau-Chad relations
The country is currently being governed through a transitional charter, published in December, which bars N’Tam from running for election.
A Senegalese delegation designated as mediator by ECOWAS travelled to the country last Thursday to present a new mediation plan to the transitional authorities.
The effort aims to stabilise the political transition and restore constitutional order.
After Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno visited Guinea-Bissau in May 2025 – during which several sectoral agreements were signed – Bissau and N’Djamena experienced a significant boost in bilateral relations.
