(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government on Monday in an attempt to solve a political succession crisis that has paralysed the tiny west African state. Guinea-Bissau has been in the throes of a power struggle since August 2015, when Vaz sacked then prime minister Domingos Simoes[Read More…]
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G/Bissau Ex-Navy Chief Eyes Job Back After US Jailing
(JollofNews) – A former Guinea-Bissau navy chief convicted in the US of drug trafficking has asked to resume his military career after returning home having purged his sentence, sources said Friday. Jose Americo “Bubo” Na Tchuto was sentenced to four years in jail by a New York federal court this[Read More…]
G. Bissau’s Ex-Navy Chief Sentenced In Prison In U.S. Drug Case
(JollofNews) – A former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau who was arrested three years ago in a U.S. drug sting off the West African coast was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, most of which he has already served, for conspiring to facilitate the shipment of cocaine to the[Read More…]