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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G/Bissau Mayor Suspended By Government For Alleged Corruption
The government of Guinea-Bissau has suspended the mayor of the capital Bissau for alleged corruption in a land sale and failure to pay employee pensions, officials said Wednesday. Mayor Luis Ntachama had been in office since April 2021. He is a member of the Social Renewal Party (PRS), a formation[Read More…]
W/Africa Bloc Deploys Stabilizing Force To G/Bissau
West Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed troops to Guinea-Bissau on Monday to help stabilize the country after a failed coup earlier this year. The 15-nation bloc announced in February that it would deploy the force, a few days after President Umaru Sissoco Embalo[Read More…]
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