Guinea-Bissau News News Guinea-Bissau » Social: US-backed vaccine trial on babies canceled after international outcry
The World Health Organization and many outside experts have sharply disagreed with Stabell Benn and her colleagues on the trial’s justifications and design. It has been widely decried as “unethical” ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau
Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: RFK Jr-backed hep B researchers face police raid in Guinea-Bissau: Why the newborn vaccine trial is controversial
The controversial trial aims to delay hepatitis B vaccination for half of 14,000 newborns by six weeks, despite WHO recommendations to administer the vaccine within 24 hours of birth to prevent mother ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea-Bissau Junta Blocks Embalo’s Return From Morocco Exile Over Security
Guinea-Bissau’s ruling junta announced Thursday that “security conditions” were not in place for the return of exiled former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who has been living in Morocco since the ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea-Bissau Denies US$1.6m Vaccine Trial
Guinea-Bissau's health minister denies authorising a US-funded vaccine trial on newborns, as researchers say a US$1.6 million study awaits clearance.
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea-Bissau media face crackdown ahead of November election
In Guinea-Bissau, the 21-day sprint to Election Day begins November 2 and both politicians and journalists are preparing for a hotly contested campaign. The high-stakes election season brings with it ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Journalists at risk as Guinea-Bissau junta bans ‘unauthorized’ press conferences
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on military authorities in Guinea-Bissau to rescind an order prohibiting unauthorized press conferences and public statements, as reporters warned of an ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea-Bissau Says 6 December Election Cannot Go Ahead
Guinea-Bissau's transitional prime minister and election commission say the 6 December election cannot be held after legal deadlines were missed.
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea-Bissau rivals Embalo, Dias claim win in presidential election
The two leading candidates in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election – incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo and main challenger Fernando Dias – have both declared victory before the release of official ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Social: Guinea‑Bissau’s political crisis: a nation on the brink of authoritarianism
Guinea-Bissau faces a deep political crisis. For several years, the small west African nation has endured growing tensions between political institutions and there’s now a strong climate of ...