He is a decorated fighter at the rank of General in the Guinea-Bissau military commonly known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People or FARP. Gen Antonio Indjai rose to prominence during the civil war in the 1990s and led a coup in the West African country in 2012.[Read More…]
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Senegal Ex-President Offers To Host Guinea’s Deposed Alpha Conde
Former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has offered to host Guinea’s deposed leader Alpha Conde in his villa in Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar. Conde, 83, was ousted in a military coup on September 5 after he cracked down on protests and won a controversial third presidential term last year. Guinea’s ruling[Read More…]
Senegal’s Old Capital On The Frontline Against Rising Sea
In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up the beach to lay giant blocks of basalt, in an eleventh-hour effort to keep the sea at bay. When work is finished, a black sea wall will stretch for kilometres along the coastline of the West African country’s former[Read More…]
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