Guinea-Bissau News News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau: Opposition Leader's Return to Prison
Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira of Guinea-Bissau was returned to prison last Friday after the military court's decision. This move was confirmed by his family in a ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau: Military court returns main opposition leader to prison
Domingos Simoes Pereira is accused of involvement in an attempted coup in October 2025, which he is alleged to have helped finance.
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau: Manufactured coup or real military takeover?
Guinea-Bissau Wednesday woke to yet another dramatic chapter in its long, turbulent political history. Soldiers were on the streets, gunfire was heard around the presidential palace, borders closed ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Tensions as Guinea-Bissau freezes ties with Cape Verde over claims of interference
Praia earlier this week requested that Bissau swiftly release the country’s main opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira.
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: 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 » Politics: Jonathan briefs Tinubu on Guinea-Bissau political tension
Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday briefed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the unfolding political crisis in Guinea-Bissau, warning that the situation remains fragile and in urgent need of ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: 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 » Politics: Armed men take power in Guinea-Bissau, again
After a two-year lull, during which optimists could have imagined the contagion had stopped, Africa appears to have experienced two coups in as many months. On November 26th army officers in ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Politics: Guinea-Bissau soldiers appoint ally of deposed president as prime minister
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Guinea-Bissau’s military appointed Finance Minister Ilídio Vieira Té, a close ally of the deposed president, as ...