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Simon Mann has been urged by Foreign Office officials to remain silent about the coup attempt that left him languishing in an African prison, and settle for a "quiet life" with his wife and family in the UK, The Independent on Sunday has learnt. The...
Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Simon Mann, South African Secret Service, Mark Thatcher, sir mark, Equatorial Guinea, coup attempted, african spy
Unidentified gunmen have killed a presidential candidate in Guinea Bissau. Campaigning is due to start Saturday for an election to replace long-time president Joao Bernardo Vieira who was assassinated in March. State radio says gunmen broke into the home...
Tags: Guinea-Bissau, Baciro Dabo, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Helder Proenca, president joao, territorial administration, presidential candidate, administration minister, gunmen killing, coup attempted
The UN and the African Union have condemned the weekend attack on Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira. He was unharmed after mutinous soldiers attacked his residence, shortly after election results were announced. A West African delegation is...
Tags: president joao bernardo vieira, guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, coup attempted, attempted coup
Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira survived an attack by renegade soldiers early on Sunday, two days after the results of parliamentary elections were rejected by an opposition leader. The machine-gun and rocket-propelled grenade attack...
Tags: president joao bernardo vieira, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Guinea-Bissau, president joao, coup attempted, attack president, mutinous soldiers, Cipriano Cassama, renegade soldiers, minister cipriano