Tag: Guinea Bissau
US agents arrest G/Bissau drugs kingpin
US agents have captured the former head of Guinea-Bissau’s navy, an alleged kingpin in the west African nation’s drugs trade…
UN names Jose Ramos-Horta envoy to G.Bissau
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as his…
Nigerian troops, police, others head for G/Bissau
Nigeria is dispatching 160 soldiers and 140 policemen to crisis-torn Guinea Bissau, where a coup on 12 April, halted the…
ECOWAS ministers to meet on Mali, G/Bissau
West African ministers will meet Saturday to discuss efforts to return Guinea-Bissau and Mali to democratic rule following recent military…
Nhamadjo to head G/Bissau interim government
Guinea-Bissau coup leaders and west African mediators agreed Friday that parliamentary speaker Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo will lead a transition government,…
Attack On ThisDay Wicked, Misguided, Horrendous -Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan who is presently in Cote d’Ivore where he is attending an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State…
Coups, A West African Disease? —Elizabeth Ohene
Coups d’etat have been on my mind these past few weeks. It started, of course, with Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo…
Under fire G/Bissau junta backpedals
The junta in Guinea Bissau on Saturday said its plan for a two-year transition had only been a suggestion, in…
G/Bissau junta adamant, dissolves civilian government
Guinea-Bissau’s junta and opposition parties on Wednesday formally dissolved the government and called for a two-year transition period before new…
G/Bissau junta set for crackdown
Guinea-Bissau’s new ruling junta banned marches Tuesday and warned it would crack down on demonstrators as the African Union suspended…
Coup prone West African nation holds polls
The small coup-prone west African state of Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president —…
Guinea-Bissau: Jonathan Warns Army Dissidents
President Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the disruption of constitutional order and democracy in Guinea-Bissau following reports that a group…
ECOWAS Welcomes International Support For Peace In Guinea Bissau –President Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will welcome the support of…