Politics
UN welcomes Guinea-Bisaau election process
afrol News, 16 October - United Nations (UN) Security Council has today welcomed commitment of Guinea-Bissau to hold parliamentary elections next month and thus called on all political parties, security forces and civil society to ensure free, fair and transparent voting. Read more
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Health
Bissau cholera outbreak kills 122
afrol News, 19 September - Cholera outbreak in Guinea Bissau has overwhelmed health system killing 122 since May, with more fears that the disease could spread rapidly as rainy season begins, health officials said. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Health | Society
Bissau cholera out of control
afrol News, 21 August - Guinea-Bissau has lost control over the cholera outbreak, which has reached alarming proportions, health ministry officials admitted. Read more
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Politics
Caretaker government for Guinea-Bissau
afrol News, 8 August - Guinea Bissau is under a makeshift government following Wednesday passage of decree to appoint Carlos Correira as caretaker prime minister, by president Joao Bernardo Vierra who has also dissolved parliament four months before elections set for 16 November. Read more
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Politics | Society
Bissau premier removed
afrol News, 6 August - President President João Bernardo Nino Vieira of Guinea-Bissau has removed Prime Minister Martinho N`Dafa Cabi from office on health grounds. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Bissau drug probe invites more troubles
afrol News, 1 August - The government of Guinea-Bissau has expressed its commitment to unravel drug scandal, vowing that it would not succumb to threats on the lives of the Justice Minister, Carmelita Pires and Attorney General, Luis Manuel Cabral, over the arrest of five people suspected of drugs trafficking. Read more
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Politics | Society
Death threats over Bissau drug probe
afrol News, 30 July - Guinea-Bissau's attorney general Luis Manuel Cabral claims to have received death threats amid his probe into a new drugs scandal in the West African state. The country has emerged a major transit country for narcotics en route to Europe.
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Bissau asked to sustain drug combat
afrol News, 26 June - The UN Security Council has urged the government of Guinea-Bissau to double efforts "to strengthen its international and regional cooperation to sustain the fight against narcotics trade and organised crime."
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» 24.06.2008 - Shacky economic recovery for Guinea-Bissau
» 05.06.2008 - Food aid distributed in Guinea-Bissau
» 22.02.2008 - UN supports Bissau recovery
» 31.01.2008 - Bissau gets post-conflict grant
» 24.01.2008 - Bissau enjoys debt relief
» 04.09.2007 - Bissau: “Allow drugs reporting”
» 17.08.2007 - Bissau journalists forced into hiding
» 19.07.2007 - Bissau police gets tough on journalists
» 18.04.2007 - Guinea-Bissau installs unity government
» 10.04.2007 - Guinea-Bissau President appoints consensus PM
» 02.04.2007 - Bissau opposition suspends protests
» 29.03.2007 - Guinea-Bissau PM resigns
» 22.03.2007 - Bissau records history, parliament unseats govt
» 23.02.2007 - Bissau carnivals claim 8 lives
» 09.01.2007 - Political killing in Bissau raises fear of new conflict
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