News Guinea-Bissau Social: Guinea-Bissau: Security personnel of political prisoners released
The High Military Command, which led the 26 November coup d’état in Guinea-Bissau, released six detainees from among the civilians held in Bissau on Tuesday, 23 ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: UN urges immediate end to arbitrary detention and intimidation in Guinea-Bissau following release of opposition figures
The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a statement calling upon authorities in Guinea-Bissau to bring an immediate end to arbitrary detention and ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Ghana: Five things we learned
Against Guinea Bissau, the Ghana defence had moments with lapses in concentration ... and fanzones. Follow complete social media coverage on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with @JoySportsGH. ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Politicians, religious leaders fueling insecurity — Buhari
Others are President of Senegal, Macky Sall; Prime Minister of Uganda, Ruhakana Rugunda, President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, President of ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Afcon: Abdul Majeed Waris learned of Black Stars snub on social media - agent
"Majeed Waris was disappointed for his exclusion when he saw the news circulating on social media before he was informed ... Ghana have been pitted against Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau in Group F ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Pope Tells Ambassadors Their ‘Solemn Duty’ Amid Pressing Needs
Pope Francis gave this encouragement when receiving the new Ambassadors of Thailand, Norway, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau ... many economic, social, political and environmental ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: A colourful hybrid
It was the barefoot diva Cesaria Evora who put the Cape Verde Islands on the musical map, with her breakout albums and international tours in the 1990s. She sang a melancholic and intimate style called morna, a hybrid music fused from Portuguese fado music and local traditional styles.
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau's Election Delivers Renewed Deadlock Instead of Solutions
Analysis - Just two months after the 10 March legislative election, Guinea-Bissau is once again stuck in a political stalemate. The conflict is driven by the same partisan interests that precipitated similar events four years ago. For many outside the country, these elections were meant to solve the crippling 2015 crisis. However, holding elections in a tense context and without political reforms having been implemented, made deadlock inevitable.
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Guinea-Bissau votes in hope of ending long leadership deadlock
Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the hope of ending a protracted leadership deadlock in a country that has become renowned for drug trafficking and instability.
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Underpaid and abused, Guinea-Bissau's domestic workers seek protection
Almost none had social security or a contract. Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony, has been in political deadlock since 2015 when President Jose Mario Vaz controversially dismissed his prime ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Staff at Guinea-Bissau's national broadcaster protest political meddling
and the Social Renewal Party (of which the social communication ... the director of RSF's West Africa office. "Guinea-Bissau's authorities must end the censorship and must refrain from any meddling in ...
News Guinea-Bissau Social: Guinea-Bissau: Ruling party wins parliamentary elections
The ruling PAIGC party has almost continually dominated politics in Guinea-Bissau since the country gained independence in 1974. The other two major parties are the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) and ...
