News Guinea-Bissau Bafata: WHO strengthens the capacity of the Ministry of Public Health of Guinea-Bissau to respond to a mass casualty fire incident in Bafatá
Bissau–Within the framework of Guinea-Bissau’s all-hazards emergency preparedness, readiness, response and resilience efforts, the acting WHO Representative in Guinea-Bissau donated a consignment of medical kits intended to treat victims of a blast that triggered a devastating fire emergency with multiple casualties. The fire occurred in the city of Bafatá on 13 February 2026, resulting in 160 injuries and four deaths.
News Guinea-Bissau Bafata: AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Conference: to prevent sexual abuse on minors in the Church
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - A formation meeting was held on 21 May in Bissau for the men and women religious of the diocese of Bissau and Bafatá, organized by the Conference for Consecrated Life and ...
News Guinea-Bissau Bafata: Guinea Bissau to get Chinese investment in cotton farming
A delegation of Chinese investors, currently in Guinea Bissau, visited the Bafata region in the eastern part of the country, where local residents welcomed the idea of revival of cotton farming in ...
News Guinea-Bissau Bafata: Guinea-Bissau holds presidential runoff vote
"They realize that having a coup is very bad for Guinea-Bissau's name." There was one report of the military acting up on Sunday, however. After he voted in Bissau, Vaz told journalists that soldiers ...
