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Guinea-Bissau citizens to elect president
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 5 months ago
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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...
Tags: Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, West African, slain president, president joao, presidential candidates
Guinea-Bissau holds elections Sunday
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 5 months ago
Credibility 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
Gunmen Killed Presidential Candidate in Guinea Bissau
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 5 months ago
Credibility 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
Pereira voted Guinea-Bissau interim president
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 9 months ago
Credibility 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
EU condemns assassination of Guinea Bissau president
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 9 months ago
Credibility 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 assassinate Guinea-Bissau president
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | 9 months ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Joao Bernardo Vieiraâ, Guinea-Bissau, army chief, Jaoa Bernardo Vieira, West African, african nation, Mr Vieira, Bissau-Guinean, Guinea Bissau, president joao
Guinea-Bissau leader survives post-election attack
Bissau :: Guinea-Bissau | about 1 year ago
Credibility 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
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