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Six people have been killed in a gunbattle in troubled of Guinea-Bissau in what officials are calling a failed coup attempt. Officials in the West African country say government troops repelled an attack before dawn Sunday on the airforce base … read more »
Six weeks after it toppled the government and derailed elections, Guinea-Bissau’s military junta said on Tuesday it was handing power back to the West African state’s civilian leaders. This follows a deal between the self-styled Military Command and the regional … read more »
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About 70 soldiers from Burkina Faso were deployed in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, the advance party of a 600-strong West African force that is due to replace Angolan troops and oversee a transition back to civilian rule. Plagued by decades of … read more »
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Bissau – West Africa’s regional bloc has named a politician in Guinea-Bissau to lead the transitional government after a coup. The group met earlier in the week in the West African nation and named Serifo Nhamadjo to the post for … read more »
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New York – West Africa’s regional group warned on Monday that civil war could erupt in Guinea Bissau if the international community forces the junta to hand back power to the government it deposed last month. But the ousted government … read more »
Mali’s junta said on Friday it would resist any deployment of West African soldiers in the country and treat foreign forces sent there under a regional plan as “the enemy”. The comments came a day after regional bloc ECOWAS said … read more »
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By David Stephen On the night of 12th April Guinea-Bissau ‘Military Command’ put troops on to the streets of Bissau, the country’s capital, closed the frontiers, imprisoned the Prime Minister, the acting President and others, sacked the government, dissolved parliament, … read more »
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Farim – Guinea-Bissau was due a bumper cashew harvest this year but prices have halved as money dries up after a coup d’état, raising anxiety among those who survive off the country’s main export. While plantation owners are struggling to … read more »
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The United Nations Security Council said on Saturday it may impose sanctions on the leaders of Guinea-Bissau’s military coup, rejecting the junta’s planned two-year transition to democracy. Pressure has been mounting domestically and outside the tiny West African country for … read more »
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s junta and opposition parties on Wednesday formally dissolved the government and called for a two-year transition period before new elections can be held. The deal, presented to journalists, defied a chorus of calls from the international community, … read more »
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BISSAU — Five candidates competing in Guinea Bissau’s aborted presidential election united Monday to condemn last week’s coup as East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel peace laureate from another Portuguese ex-colony, agreed to act as a mediator. The April 12 … read more »
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Bissau – The Guinea-Bissau army and opposition parties have agreed to set up a transitional body to run the country, ahead of talks on Monday with West African bloc Ecowas, which has denounced the recent coup. The news came shortly … read more »
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Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau dispersed anti-military demonstrators and closed down private radio stations on Sunday as their commanders put in place a transitional council that effectively consummated their coup. Politicians in the poor West African state were summoned by armed forces … read more »
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Cotonou – Benin, which currently holds the chairmanship of the African Union, on Saturday condemned this week’s military coup in Guinea-Bissau and called for those arrested to be released. “The current chairman of the African Union firmly and without reserve … read more »
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s interim President Raimundo Pereira was arrested by troops during an apparent coup bid in the troubled west African state, one of his bodyguards said on Friday. “He was arrested at his residence on Thursday evening by a … read more »
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Bissau – An unidentified military commander said on Friday that soldiers who attacked the prime minister’s home don’t want to take power in Guinea-Bissau, claiming they intervened to halt foreign aggression in the tiny coup-prone African nation. The statement came … read more »
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late on Thursday, attacking the prime minister’s residence, arresting politicians and taking over the ruling party headquarters amid a media blackout. Gunshots and rocket-propelled grenades were fired in the darkened streets of … read more »
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[View the story "‘Attempted coup’ in Guinea-Bissau: Live updates" on Storify] The military has taken over control of a central district in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, a senior diplomat has told the AP news agency. There were reports of heavy … read more »
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Heavy weapons fire was heard on Thursday around the presidential palace in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, and soldiers were seen blocking the main roads in and out of the city, a Reuters witness and a diplomat said. The whereabouts of … read more »
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New York – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Guinea-Bissau residents to remain calm after a presidential vote rocked by the assassination of a former military intelligence chief. Ban “commends” Guinea-Bissau voters “for the peaceful and … read more »
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Guinea Bissau’s former head of military intelligence was shot dead at a bar near his residence in the capital Bissau late on Sunday, hours after citizens voted peacefully in a presidential election, witnesses and a security source said. The killing … read more »
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The U.N. mission in Guinea Bissau says the world body and its international partners are “very pleased” with the country’s presidential vote, as election workers count ballots in the coup-prone West African nation. A spokesman for the U.N. Integrated Peace-Building … read more »
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s election campaign wound down on Friday in a carnival-like atmosphere ahead of a weekend vote in the fragile coup-prone west African state to elect a new president. Music blasted in bars and boutiques as well as campaign … read more »
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Thousands of mourners, including political and military officials, have been paying final respects to Guinea-Bissau’s late president Malam Bacai Sanha. Mr. Sanha died in a Paris hospital on January 9 at the age of 64 after suffering from a prolonged, … read more »
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau buried president Malam Bacai Sanha on Sunday, and its interim leader appealed to all factions in the country to avoid a power struggle before new elections to choose a successor. Sanha’s death in a Paris clinic last … read more »
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Thousands of mourners, including political and military officials, have been paying final respects to Guinea-Bissau’s late president Malam Bacai Sanha ahead of Sunday’s funeral. Public viewing began Saturday at the National Assembly Hall in the capital, Bissau. Flags have been … read more »
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Bissau – A Guinea-Bissau opposition coalition on Tuesday rejected the head of the National Assembly becoming interim president after the death of President Malam Bacai Sanha in Paris. “The Democratic Collective expresses its complete rejection of the ascension of National … read more »
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State media in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau say President Malam Bacai Sanha has died. A statement from the president’s office says Mr. Sanha died Monday at the Val de Grace hospital in Paris, where he was undergoing treatment. … read more »
Bissau – Police in Guinea Bissau arrested three energy ministry officials suspected of having accepted bribes from a Chinese company in return for fake mining permits, prosecutors said on Saturday. The statement from prosecutors said all three officials had been … read more »
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Bissau – Twenty-five renegade soldiers involved in an apparent coup plot in Guinea-Bissau are being detained in the capital and at an air base north of Bissau, an AFP reporter said, after the army uncovered a large cache of weapons. … read more »
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