Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is in Senegal after being detained during a military coup in his country, the government in Dakar said Thursday, as a lead opponent accused him of arranging the uprising.

The military in volatile Guinea-Bissau earlier on Thursday appointed a general as the country's new leader, a day after seizing power and derailing the announcement of election results.

Opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa told AFP he believed he had won Sunday's election and alleged Embalo -- who has also claimed victory -- had "organised" the power grab to prevent him taking office.

Embalo arrived "safe and sound" in Senegal in a military plane chartered by its government, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.

The coup struck just one day before aut

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