Guinea-Bissau

As Guinea-Bissau gears up for its forthcoming elections, a notable chill has fallen over the media landscape, prompting serious worries about the state of press freedom in the country. Many media outlets face insurmountable obstacles, particularly the hefty $5,000 licensing fees imposed by the government, which they must pay to continue broadcasting. Consequently, a significant number of radio stations have found it challenging, if not impossible, to muster the funds necessary to renew their licenses in time for the…

Congolese President and President of the African Union FélixTshisekedia has been touring West Africa since July 15. His journey gradually led him to Ghana, Guinea and finally Guinea-Bissau. The situation in Mali, the difficult relations between the Guinean Alpha Condé and his Bissau-Guinean counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embalo were mentioned during the meeting chaired by Presidents Tshisekedi and Embalo.…

Diplomatic passports stamped with Guinea's Bissauvendu's official stamp for French employers, economists or consultants from a Parisian building. This reveals a Liberation survey. He followed in the footsteps of several men who benefited from this market. It is by investigating former police officers or soldiers who have…

In Senegal, calm returned on Monday morning, May 31, in Casamance in the south of the country. Yesterday, the army carried out airstrikes in an area west of Cassolole, near the border with Guinea-Bissau. They targeted parts of the MFDC's separatist movement. This sweep is in line with the army's operations in the region in January and February.…

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa arrived in Bissau on Monday evening for an official round the clock official go to. He's the primary Portuguese president, 31 years after Mario Soares. as reported from Bissau, Allen Yero EmbaloIn Bissau-Guinea's reminiscence, a head of state has by no means had such a well-liked reception. The caravan…

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is in Bissau for a 24-hour official go to. If the go to is an element of the strengthening of the historic relations between Lisbon and Bissau, it's a chance for descendants of former troopers of the colonial military to say the "blood pension" owed to their dad and mom by the previous colonial energy.…

In Guinea-Bissau, tourism is small, though fluent. And but, within the dynamics of growth, it could be one among the options for this small nation of two million inhabitants, the place the dearth of labor for youth arises acutely. From our correspondent in Bissau,"Attending to know your nation higher by means of tourism and…

The Heads of State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) decide on the harmonization of the costs of Covid-19 tests and the recognition of the tests carried out by the laboratories authorized to do so in their various countries. The validity of the tests is now five days for travelers in the WAEMU space from the day of sampling. The Heads of State of the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have decided to harmonize the costs of Covid-19 screening tests for all travelers…

The Bissau-Guinean authorities issued an international arrest warrant on Friday, December 18, against former Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira, a failed presidential candidate on December 29, 2019 and president of the African Guinea's Independence Party and Cape Verde (PAIGC). as reported from Bissau,Allen Yero EmballoThe…

The UN is closing its offices while the fate of a former prime minister who fled to its premises has still not been resolved. Aristides Gomes fled to the UN Special Bureau in Bissau eight months ago, fearing for his life after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo came to power. On Friday, during a ceremony, the UN Office marks the end of its activities, its mandate ending at the end of the year.…