Bissau residents react a day after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived a gun attack, as France joins condemnation for what has been called an attempted coup in one of Africa's most unstable countries. Heavily armed men on Tuesday 1 February 2020 afternoon surrounded government buildings in the capital Bissau where Embalo and his prime minister were believed to be attending a cabinet meeting. Embalo, 49, later told reporters that he had been unharmed during a five-hour gun battle, which he described as a plot to wipe out the government. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES