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The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has implored on the leaders of Guinea Bissau to capitalize on the little progress gained in the country’s democratization process and regain the confidence of the masses in a bid to better...
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Voters in tiny Guinea-Bissau thronged polling stations Sunday, hoping to select a leader who can pull their impoverished West African nation out of a cycle of coups and countercoups. Sunday's presidential runoff pitted veteran politicians Malam Bacai...
Tags: Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Kumba Yala, bissau votes, west african
Following months of political turmoil in the aftermath of Vieira's shooting, Guinea-Bissau is due to start voting shortly in order to elect a new leader from amongst five major presidential candidates. An electorate of around 600,000 of Guinea-Bissau's...
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Guinea-Bissau, a West African country known for its political crises and coups, votes for a new leader on Sunday to replace the late President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, who was assassinated more than three months ago. The ballot in the tiny country...
Tags: Joao Bernardo Vieira, Guinea-Bissau, presidential elections, Guinea Bissau, president joao, president jammeh, Jammeh, african country
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 state funeral is due to take place former President of Guinea Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira. He was assassinated a week ago by soldiers, just hours after the head of the country's military was killed in a bomb attack. The West African state has long...
Tags: West African, guineas bissau, Nino Vieira, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Guinea Bissau
The blood-soaked kitchen where Guinea-Bissau 's president was brutally murdered is littered with broken glass, bullet casings and a rusted machete. No crime scene tape cordons off the area, no police stand guard outside. No one has been arrested, and...
Tags: Reforming Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, João Bernardo Vieira, army chief, Guinea Bissau
The assassination of the former president was criticized by world bodies, including the UN Security Council which said it "condemns in the strongest terms the assassinations". Pereira as the interim president, however, was "a very good step for the return...
Tags: Guinea-Bissau Peacebuilding Office, Interim Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Army, Joao Bernardo Vieira, president joao, Pereira
The European Union (EU) condemned Monday the assassination of President of Guinea Bissau Joao Bernardo Vieira. "The (EU) Presidency condemns the assassinations of the president of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, and the chief of the armed forces,...
Tags: Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Raimundo Pereira, president joao, UN Security Council, Guinea Bissau, interim president, takes oath, armed forces, speaker raimundo
Soldiers assassinated the president of Guinea-Bissau in his palace Monday hours after a bomb blast killed his rival, but the military insisted no coup was taking place in the West African nation. A military statement broadcast on state radio attributed...
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