By Gregory Simpkins Africa is home to 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, with countries like Niger, Senegal and Libya leading the charge....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Guinea-Bissau’s military has once again seized power, plunging the small West African nation into yet another cycle of political instability. While this...
By Godfred Zina Many people often find it difficult to differentiate between Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea due to their similar names. However, each country has...
Reuters | Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Cissoko Embaló said on Thursday he would not run for a second term in elections in November. Embaló, 51, was...
By Gregory Simpkins The South China Morning Post reported on March 29, 2024 that by 2050, it is projected that only a quarter of countries in...
The recent wave of coups in West Africa reflects both a generational divide and a history of military involvement in African politics.
The African Union (AU) ended the suspension of Egypt and Guinea Bissau from the grouping on Tuesday after both countries elected new leaders, a senior AU...
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved an US$8.2 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Guinea-Bissau create jobs and combat...
Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission says Jose Mario Vaz has won the presidential election. The commission says Vaz, the candidate of the ruling PAIGC party, received 61.9 percent...
Vote counting is under way in Guinea-Bissau after Sunday’s second-round presidential election. The poll is aimed at restoring constitutional order after a 2012 military coup, one...
Guinea-Bissau Presidential Front runner, Jose Mario Vaz at a campaign rally Vote counting began in Guinea-Bissau after a heavy turnout in Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is cautiously optimistic that Guinea Bissau’s elections scheduled for Sunday will be transparent, free and fair, says Sonny...
(Reuters) – Former Guinea Bissau President Kumba Yala (pictured), who governed the West African nation from 2000 to 2003, has died at the age of 61,...
Guinea Bissau’s attorney general is seeking to block the candidate of the country’s largest party from contesting next month’s presidential election, accusing him of misappropriating public...
Acting President of Guinea-Bissau, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo. PHOTO/File Guinea-Bissau’s acting president announced Monday he would not be running in next month’s general election, ending months of...
The first wave of troops from the West African regional bloc – the economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) have landed in Guinea-Bissau to try...
Politicians in the nation of Guinea-Bissau say they have signed a deal that would allow the country’s interim leader to choose a prime minister. The political...
The coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau and west African mediators agreed on Friday that parliamentary speaker Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo will lead a transition government, ruling out the...
West African regional bloc – the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on Guinea-Bissau after talks in Gambia...
Political parties met with Guinea-Bissau’s military junta Sunday in an attempt to reach a political solution days after soldiers arrested the prime minister in the tiny...
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...
An official has announced that presidential runoff election in Guinea-Bissau will be held on April 29. Former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. took nearly 49 percent...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
A presidential election that was supposed to stabilize Guinea-Bissau was marred by a military assassination just hours after polls closed Sunday. Joao Biague, the director general...
Voters in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday chose between nine presidential candidates in the small, coup-prone nation, and citizens said they hoped the winner would finally bring stability...
Guinea-Bissau’s president Malam Bacai Sanhá. PHOTO/Roosewelt Pinheiro / Agência Brasil President Malam Bacai Sanhá, who took power of the tiny West African nation Guinea-Bissau about two...
