People in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls to elect a new president in an effort to stabilize a fragile state plagued by powerful cocaine cartels and a military coup since two years ago.
Guinea-Bissau says the West African country has arrested two Cape Verdian police officers on suspicion of drug trafficking after the Atlantic Ocean island state demanded clarification on their detention.
At least 22 people have been killed after an overloaded boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Guinea-Bissau capital as rescue workers continue their search for some 69 others who remain missing.
The Guinea-Bissau government has demanded for a clear and justified explanation on the attack carried out by captain Pansau Ntchama from Portugal, an official statement released on Sunday said.
20120731 AFP The UN Security Council is considering calling a summit on Guinea-Bissau and expressed concern Monday that drug trafficking in the troubled West African state has grown since a junta seized control in April.
20120721 AFP European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday the EU would not allow another military takeover in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, after a junta seized power there on April 12.
20120530 AP BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp.
20120528 AFP The last batches of a 600-strong west African military force charged with restoring stability in Guinea-Bissau after an April coup arrived on Sunday in the unstable west African nation.
20120528 AP BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp.
20120527 AFP Former Guinea-Bissau armed forces chief Jose Zamora Induta has fled to a neighbouring country following the coup in his troubled country last month, officials said on Saturday.
20120520 AFP Guinea-Bissau's junta, parliament and a group of political parties have signed a roadmap aimed at ending the crisis created by the April 12 coup, officials told AFP Saturday.
20120519 AFP The UN Security Council unanimously ordered sanctions Friday against the leaders of last month's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and warned it was ready to take new measures.
20120517 AP BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Politicians in the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau say a new prime minister has been chosen to help lead a transition following last month's coup.
20120429 AFP Six west African heads of state will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau at a meeting in Dakar next week, the Senegalese government said late on Friday.
20120429 AFP The troops who seized power this month in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau said Friday they agreed to a 12-month transition period mooted by the west African regional bloc ECOWAS.
20120424 AFP Guinea-Bissau was due a bumper cashew harvest this year but prices have halved as money dries up after a coup d'etat, raising anxiety among those who survive off the country's main export.
20120423 AFP The prime minister of Cape Verde on Sunday urged the international community to keep up the pressure on the junta in Guinea Bissau to cede power it seized in an April 12 coup.
20120422 AFP The junta in Guinea Bissau on Saturday said its plan for a two-year transition had only been a suggestion, in an apparent climbdown following threats of UN and regional sanctions.
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