Guinea-Bissau News News Guinea-Bissau » People: Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade?
Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled scars, with an accumulation of rocks surrounding its base.
News Guinea-Bissau » People: Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau's national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation's president ...
News Guinea-Bissau » People: Guinea-Bissau country profile
This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 26 February 2024 West Africa's Guinea-Bissau was part of the Portuguese Empire for centuries. Once hailed as a potential model for African ...
News Guinea-Bissau » People: Guinea-Bissau soldiers announce general as junta leader, cementing coup days after election
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced a new junta leader, cementing a forceful takeover of power that began after a disputed presidential election, in what the main ...
News Guinea-Bissau » People: Guinea-Bissau soldiers appoint ally of deposed president as prime minister
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier ...
News Guinea-Bissau » People: Guinea-Bissau: How Cocaine Transformed a Tiny African Nation
Tiny Guinea-Bissau has become a base for cocaine trafficking between Latin America and Europe, and officials seem helpless to stop it One morning in early 2005, the villagers of Biombo found hundreds ...