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…]
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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…]
Guinea Bissau Police Fire Teargas To Disperse Opposition Congress
At least seven people were injured in the clashes at the headquarters of the former ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde on Friday. Police used tear gas and batons to disperse activists from the delegation, the historic group that led Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony,[Read More…]
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