French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up a three-country Africa tour in Guinea-Bissau Thursday that saw him pledge funding for education and economic development as well as military support to fight extremism in West and Central Africa. On Thursday he met with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo who became the chair[Read More…]
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Guinea Bissau: Church Of Santa Isabel De Gabú Vandalised
A group of unidentified individuals recently vandalised the parish church of Santa Isabel de Gabú in the eastern part of Guinea-Bissau. Religious leaders are worried about growing religious extremism. Casimiro Jorge Cajucam – Guiné-Bissau. The vandals broke the Church’s altar, destroyed holy images and went away with a symbol of[Read More…]
G/Bissau Court Overturns Convictions Of Alleged Drug Kingpins
Guinea-Bissau’s top court has overturned the convictions of two alleged drug kingpins in connection with the country’s largest-ever narcotics seizure, a copy of the ruling showed on Monday. Braima Seidi Ba, a citizen of Guinea-Bissau, and Ricardo Ariza Monje, a Colombian national, were sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in[Read More…]
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