Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau president dissolves parliament

Bissau – President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Monday dissolved Guinea-Bissau’s parliament and said early parliamentary elections would be held this year... Read more

17 May, 2022

Guinea-Bissau’s president sacks economy minister

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Thursday sacked his economy minister and temporarily handed over his portfolio to... Read more

13 May, 2022

ICC urges Guinea-Bissau membership

Bissau – The president of the International Criminal Court said on Tuesday that he had urged Guinea-Bissau to become a... Read more

20 Apr, 2022

Guinea-Bissau threatens to jail ‘illegal’ radio broadcasters

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s government threatened on Tuesday to imprison or fine private radio station operators over non-payment of licence fees... Read more

13 Apr, 2022

Seven injured in Guinea-Bissau clashes

Bissau – At least seven people were injured on Friday in clashes between police and supporters of the former... Read more

19 Mar, 2022

Guinea-Bissau president sacks navy chief, army general

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s president has sacked the commander of navy and the army’s vice chief of staff, according to a... Read more

27 Feb, 2022

Guinea-Bissau gunmen raid opposition HQ

Bissau – Masked gunmen raided the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau’s former ruling party on Saturday, two party members said, weeks after... Read more

27 Feb, 2022

Tonne of cocaine seized in Guinea-Bissau ‘disappeared’, says police

Bissau – A police chief in Guinea-Bissau said on Thursday that nearly one tonne of cocaine seized by authorities late... Read more

25 Feb, 2022

Guinea-Bissau’s ex-PM banned from leaving country

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has been banned from leaving the country due to a probe... Read more

24 Feb, 2022

Guinea-Bissau leader accuses convicted drug baron over failed coup

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Thursday accused a former Guinean navy chief with links to the drug... Read more

11 Feb, 2022