Military forces ousted Guinea-Bissau's president and halted the country's electoral process this week before installing a general on Thursday to lead the country.

With the motive for the coup not yet clear, here is what we know about the latest tumult in the politically unstable west African country:

- Wednesday gunfire -

Heavy gunfire broke out at midday on Wednesday near the presidential palace in the capital, Bissau, shortly before the military announced they were taking "total control" of the coup-prone country. Voters had been awaiting the results of Sunday's presidential and legislative elections.

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, one of the two main candidates in the election, was arrested on Wednesday by the military.

Main opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, who was barre

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