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A former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau in western Africa appeared in a New York City courtroom on Friday to face charges regarding cocaine trafficking, according to a drug enforcement official, Ronald Kubisty. Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na … read more »
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(AP) — Somalia has bottomed out in an annual ranking of the perceived corruption of nations, joining Afghanistan and North Korea. Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released Wednesday, shows Somalia ranked at 174 out of the 174 nations surveyed. … read more »
At the initiative of the Commission of the African Union (AU), a consultative meeting on the situation in Guinea-Bissau took place today, 1 December 2012, at the AU Headquarters, in Addis Ababa. In addition to the AU, the meeting brought … read more »
Abuja – The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have authorised the deployment of an African-led international force to flush out rebel groups from northern Mali in order to restore security in the country. The endorsement is contained in a … read more »
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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On 12 April 2012 the people of Guinea-Bissau and the international community were surprised by another coup d’état in Guinea-Bissau. There have been several since the country declared its independence in 1973. While Guinea-Bissau has become accustomed to violence and … 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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The United States has urged military leaders in Mali and Guinea Bissau to agree to West African demands and return their countries to democratic rule following recent military coups. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said Wednesday a strong … read more »
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Banjul – A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced the country’s former anti-drug chief and his deputy to eight years in jail for drug trafficking and a host of other related charges. Ibrahim Bun Sunneh, former head of the National Drug … read more »
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Abuja – West African regional powerhouse Nigeria said on Monday it will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau this week to shore up security after a coup in the former Portuguese colony last month. Nigeria remains “committed” to pledges to deploy troops … 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 »
DAKAR, Sénégal, May 4, 2012/ FINAL COMMUNIQUE 1. An Extraordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government was held in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, on 3 May 2012 under the chairmanship of H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President … read more »
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ECOWAS has imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea Bissau after talks in Banjul on 29th April 2012 between Foreign Ministers of the regional Contact Group and Guinea Bissau’s political stakeholders failed to reach an arrangement to return the … read more »
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Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau released two leading politicians they had arrested in an April 12 coup and said on Friday they would accept the planned deployment to the country of over 600 soldiers from West African regional bloc ECOWAS. Carlos Gomes … read more »
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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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Dakar – West African regional bloc Ecowas plans to send more than 600 troops to Guinea-Bissau in coming days with orders to protect people and institutions after a military coup there earlier this month, a senior Ecowas source said on … 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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Lisbon – The prime minister of Cape Verde on Sunday urged the international community to keep up the pressure on the junta in Guinea Bissau to cede power it seized in a 12 April coup. “I think the international community … 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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The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau, following last week’s coup by the military. The AU Peace and Security Council said Tuesday that Guinea-Bissau is suspended from all AU activities until the return of constitutional order in the West African country. … 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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