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Guinea-Bissau holds run-off vote for new president
Voters in Guinea-Bissau have cast ballots for a new president, hoping to elect someone who can bring peace and stability to their impoverished nation.
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Guinea-Bissau presidential vote goes to run-off
Guinea-Bissau’s election will go to a second round after Sunday’s vote failed to produce a clear winner, the electoral commission said on Thursday.
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EU: Guinea-Bissau vote ‘free and transparent’
A presidential election in Guinea-Bissau to replace murdered head of state Joao Bernardo Vieira was ”free and transparent”, the EU said on Wednesday.
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Guinea-Bissau ex-leader ‘attacked by gunmen in uniform’
A former Guinea-Bissau prime minister, Jose Fadul, said on Wednesday he was beaten up by men in uniform at his home.
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Guinea-Bissau to hold elections for new president in June
Political parties in Guinea-Bissau agreed on Tuesday to hold elections on June 28 to replace the country’s assassinated president.
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‘You can’t just kill a president like a dog’
The blood-soaked kitchen where Guinea-Bissau’s president was brutally murdered is littered with broken glass, bullet casings and a rusted machete.
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A grisly end to a career that began with promise
Nino Vieira, the president of Guinea-Bissau who was shot dead aged 69 in the capital on Monday, was one of the most plotted against of African leaders
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Guinea-Bissau to swear in speaker as president
Guinea-Bissau’s National Assembly speaker Raimundo Pereira will take oath as interim head of state on Tuesday afternoon.
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Envoys in Guinea-Bissau to head off possible coup
African and Portuguese-speaking envoys flew to Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday to head off a possible coup after the president and army chief were killed.
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Unrest feared after Guinea-Bissau president’s killing
The African Union and former colonial power Portugal on Monday led calls condemning the assassination of Guinea-Bissau’s leader Joao Bernardo Vieira.
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Guinea-Bissau president assassinated
Guinea-Bissau soldiers gunned down veteran President Joao Bernardo Vieira as he fled his home early on Monday, a military spokesperson said.
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Gunfire in Bissau after armed forces chief killed
Automatic gunfire and the crump of heavier explosions rang out in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Bissau early on Monday, a Reuters witness said.
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Bissau soldiers attack president’s home after poll
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau attacked the home of President Joao Bernardo ”Nino” Vieira early on Sunday a day after election results were announced.
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The people must eat, says new Guinea-Bissau leader
Guinea-Bissau’s newly appointed Prime Minister on Tuesday declared that national reconciliation will be his main aim in office. ”Our society is divided to the point of having been rendered fragile. For this reason, our first order of business is the reunification of all Guinea-Bissauans,” said Martinho N’Dafa Cabi.
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Guinea-Bissau seeks way out of coup-prone poverty
With its red-tiled roof and pink facade holed by rockets and bullets, Guinea-Bissau’s ruined presidential palace is a monument to the fratricidal conflict that has kept this tiny West African state crushed by poverty. The palace, built under Portuguese colonial rule, was attacked and looted during a 1998-1999 civil war which killed more than 2 000 people.
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Ousted Guinea-Bissau leader says he’s still in charge
Tight security cloaked coup-prone Guinea Bissau on Monday as top officials held crisis talks to digest a claim from ousted president Kumba Yala that he remains head of the West African state. A pro-peace rally that aimed to discredit Yala’s statements was held and dispersed without incident in central Bissau.
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Locusts threaten Guinea-Bissau’s cashew nuts
Guinea-Bissau has been hit by an unseasonal invasion of desert locusts that threatens to damage the small West African country’s cashew-nut trees that are currently in flower. Exports of cashew nuts are the main source of foreign exchange for this former Portuguese colony.
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Guinea-Bissau dissolves ‘incompetent’ parliament
Guinea-Bissau’s President Kumba Yala dissolved parliament on Friday, officials said, in a move that means an end to Prime Minister Alamara Nhasse’s government in the west African country.
