Guinea-Bissau News News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau: Still in the pocket of drug cartels?
New military leaders claim they will liberate the West African country from the influence of drug traffickers. But can the junta realistically rid Guinea-Bissau of its 'narco-state' image?"Zero ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Special envoy urges political dialogue in Guinea Bissau to end crisis
The U.N.'s special envoy to Guinea Bissau, Miguel Trovoada, told the 15-member Security Council that the dismissed government had been a representative one that could have helped keep the country ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau Voted. The Army Decided
Then-President Umaro Sissoco Embalo casts his votes at a polling station during presidential and legislative elections in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Nov. 23, 2025 (Presidency of the Republic of ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau junta sets election date following last year's coup
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau's military junta has set a date for new elections following its takeover late last year, according to a statement by the junta's leader on Wednesday. In a ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Nigerian law firm takes Guinea-Bissau regime to ECOWAS court over Pereira detention
A Nigerian law firm has filed a case at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice seeking the release of Domingos Simões Pereira, Guinea-Bissau’s opposition leader and former parliamentary speaker, along ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau's latest coup sparks allegations of a staged takeover. Here's what to know
DAKAR, Senegal — In West Africa’s latest military takeover, soldiers in Guinea-Bissau followed up a disputed presidential election by seizing power last week in what some critics allege was a staged ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Government warns Guinea Bissau political crisis could mean losing aid
Portuguese television RTP quoted Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira as saying that President Jose Mario Vaz was trying to dismiss the government Development aid to Guinea Bissau could be at risk ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: In Guinea-Bissau, who is the mysterious man in the hat in the coup-makers’ photograph?
Most of them wear a solemn expression. He, on the other hand, is smiling broadly. The officers all stare straight into the photographer’s lens, but he casts a sideways glance toward some unseen scene, ...