Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The year 2009 is definitely Presidential year; Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th, and first African American President of the United States, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government. Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe following the power-sharing deal...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The unstable nation, along with other West African countries, makes an ideal stop for cartels smuggling drugs from South America to Europe. As a senior police official, Edmundo Mendes' job is to arrest the South American cocaine traffickers who use his troubled West African country, with its starry array of remote islands, as a transit point for drug shipments bound for Europe. It hasn't been easy....
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The unstable nation, along with other West African countries, makes an ideal stop for cartels smuggling drugs from South America to Europe. As a senior police official, Edmundo Mendes' job is to arrest the South American cocaine traffickers who use his troubled West African country, with its starry array of remote islands, as a transit point for drug shipments bound for Europe. It hasn't been easy....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The prospects for political stability in Guinea-Bissau appear to be good but are threatened by drug trafficking and organized crime, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
New York - Drug use by Guinea-Bissau's military has increased, which could result in armies of addicts threatening security as well as development, the UN said Thursday. Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, s...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed cautious optimism over the progress of democracy in Guinea Bissau, where a series of political assassinations earlier this year threatened stability in the impoverished West African country.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
In Guinea-Bissau security sector reform remains stalled but donors say the necessary laws are being written and it is now up to the government to get them through parliament.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) leaders yesterday resolved to grant Guinea Bissau $3.5 million dollars to clear arrears of salaries owed members of her armed forces with a view to creating a conducive atmosphere for the country's presidential election slated for June 28, and ensuring durable peace and security in the country. ECOWAS will also provide another $350 000 to plug the funding...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
D'après un responsable des Nations Unies qui a requis l'anonymat, les problèmes de logistique, l'incapacité du gouvernement et la concentration des ONG dans les zones plus peuplées de Gabu et Bafata et dans la capitale, Bissau, contribuent, plus que l'insécurité, à limiter les interventions dans les zones isolées.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, where 90 percent of farmers grow rice or cashews to survive, making them vulnerable to erratic rainfall and price fluctuations.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Loosening organized crime's grip on Guinea-Bissau is a priority, top government officials say. But the country has no prisons and the Bijagos islands, a drug-trafficking hub off of the capital Bissau, has no judiciary police and no communications or surveillance equipment.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
In Bafata, Guinea-Bissau, children go door-to-door counting mosquito nets, monitoring hand-washing and checking the distance between kitchens and latrines. The activities are among efforts by health NGOs and authorities to fill the gap between cholera-prevention messages and behaviour, after a 2008 epidemic killed some 220 people and infected at least 13,000.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
For 35 years, hundreds of villagers living in Suar in the Cacheu region of northern Guinea-Bissau have been too scared to cultivate the land around their villages for fear of landmines.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The Coca-Cola/Fifa World Cup Trophy Tour party lands in Guinea Bissau on Friday on its journey around Africa in the build-up to next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.
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