Kathmandu, Nov. 27 -- Military officers in Guinea-Bissau say they have taken "total control" of the west African country, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections.Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who had been favoured to win Sunday's election, had also been arrested and was being held at general-staff headquarters where he was being "well treated", a military source told AFP.

A senior officer who confirmed Mr Embalo's arrest said the chief of staff and the minister of the interior were also detained.

Two sources also told AFP that Guinea-Bissau's main opposition leader, Fernando Dias, who was barred from last weekend's presidential election by the Supreme Court, had been arrest...