Guinea Bissau's President Joao Bernardo and wife is seen in this file photo taken on Nov. 16, 2008, when they arrived to cast their ballots at a voting station in Bissau. Soldiers  attacked Guniea-Bissau's presidential residence on Sunday morning. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    DAKAR, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers on Sunday morning opened fired at Guniea-Bissau's presidential residence, agencies' reports said.

    President of the West African country, Joao Bernardo Vieira called his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade and told him the event, the reports said.

    The incident came after Guinea-Bissau held its much-anticipated legislative election last Sunday, with nearly 600,000 registered voters going to the polls.

Guinea Bissau says situation "under control"


    DAKAR, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The situation of Guinea Bissau is "under control," the government of the tiny West African country declared on Sunday after shootouts between guards of the presidential residence and mutineers early in the day.

    Communication Minister Fernando Mendonca told Xinhua by telephone that unidentified soldiers fired at the residence of President Joao Bernardo Vieira before calm returned to the capital city of Bissau. Full story