20120421
AFP
Guinea-Bissau's junta vowed Friday to defend itself if foreign troops intervened in the country, as the international community condemned an "illegal" two-year transition government.

20120418
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The African Union on Tuesday suspended Guinea-Bissau after a coup and arrests of top officials, and said they may impose sanctions on coup leaders and supporters in the tiny West African nation.

20120417
AFP
Five candidates competing in Guinea Bissau's aborted presidential election united Monday to condemn last week's coup as East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel peace laureate from another Portuguese ex-colony, agreed to act as a mediator.

20120417
AFP
Guinea-Bissau's new junta has accepted an offer from East Timor's outgoing President Jose Ramos-Horta to act as a mediator following a coup, an advisor said on Monday.

20120416
AFP
It was one of Guinea-Bissau's busiest roads, but the avenue leading to the home of ousted prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior is deserted as residents fearful of the junta that seized power in a coup stay away.

20120416
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he was trying to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation.

20120416
AFP
Fears were growing Saturday for members of the government toppled by a coup in Guinea Bissau, as opposition leaders considered terms the junta had offered them for joining a "unity" government.

20120414
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers have arrested the prime minister of this tiny nation known for transiting cocaine to Europe, a military spokesman said Friday, the latest instability to roil a coup-prone West African country where no leader in nearly 40 years has finished his time in office.

20120414
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — An unidentified military commander said Friday that soldiers who attacked the prime minister's home don't want to take power in Guinea-Bissau, claiming they intervened to halt foreign aggression in the tiny coup-prone African nation.

20120414
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The fate of Guinea-Bissau's civilian leaders was unknown early Friday after overnight attacks by soldiers who hurled grenades at the prime minister's home and sealed off the downtown area of the capital.

20120414
AFP
Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister's residence and taking over ruling party headquarters and the national radio station.

20120414
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Mortar rounds could be heard Thursday in the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and a military official.

20120407
AFP
Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission announced Friday the start of election campaigning for April 22 run-off polls had been postponed to examine an appeal by the opposition.

20120402
AFP
The UN Security Council on Saturday urged Guinea Bissau candidates and voters to "exercise restraint" ahead of a run-off presidential vote in the coup-prone west African country.

20120322
Press TV
Guinea Bissau’s presidential election has gone into a runoff after the country’s former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes failed to secure an outright majority in the first round.

20120321
AFP
Guinea-Bissau's opposition demanded Tuesday the cancellation of a presidential poll they charge was a sham, further stoking fears of trouble in the coup-prone state after a high-level assassination.

20120318
AFP
The small coup-prone west African state of Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president -- an office no one has yet held for a full five-year term.

20120317
AFP
Guinea-Bissau's election campaign wound down Friday in a carnival-like atmosphere ahead of a weekend vote in the fragile coup-prone west African state to elect new president.

20120116
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Thousands of residents and dignitaries gathered Sunday to pay their final respects to Guinea-Bissau's late President Malam Bacai Sanha.

20120115
AP
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The body of Guinea-Bissau's late President Malam Bacai Sanha has been flown back from Paris to the this tiny, coup-prone nation a day before the funeral.