On 12 April 2012 , a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau was staged Hold by elements of the armed forces about two weeks before the second round of a presidential election Change_of_leadership between Carlos Gomes Júnior and Kumba Ialá .

An interim government was tasked Request with administering Guinea-Bissau in the meantime .

The prevalent Portuguese and international historical approach considers the Portuguese Colonial War as was perceived Know at the time : a single conflict fought Hostile_encounter in three separate theaters of operations : Angola , Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique ( sometimes including the 1961 Indian Annexation of Goa ) rather than a number of separate conflicts as the emergent African countries aided Assistance each other during the war .