Srilanka, Nov. 29 -- It follows negotiations by the regional West African bloc Ecowas to secure his transfer amid rising tensions in Guinea-Bissau.

Senegal's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Embalo landed in the country "safe and sound" on a chartered military flight late on Thursday.

The military in Guinea-Bissau has already sworn in a new transitional leader, Gen Horta N'Tam, who will rule the coup-prone country for a year.

Wednesday's coup came a day before authorities were due to announce the provisional results of a Presidential and Parliamentary Election.

The military has already suspended the electoral process and blocked the release of the results.

It said it was acting to thwart a plot by unnamed politicians who had ...