Guinea-Bissau

Nigeria Grants Asylum to Guinea-Bissau Opposition Candidate

The Nigerian Embassy in Guinea-Bissau has granted asylum to Fernando Dias da Costa, the country’s opposition presidential candidate following alleged threats to his...

Coup: Ex-Pres Jonathan safe, out of Guinea-Bissau – FG

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following the military coup that toppled the country’s government, the Federal Government...

Reps Call for Ex-Pres. Jonathan’s Safe Return from Guinea-Bissau

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to immediately take diplomatic steps to ensure the safe return of former President...

Guinea-Bissau Coup: International Community Weighs In, ECOWAS, AU Want Order Restored

The election observation missions dispatched to Guinea-Bissau by the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), alongside the...

Ex Guinea-Bissau President’s Son Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking

Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, the son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau, has been sentenced to 80 months in prison for his involvement...

Guinea’s transition to democracy truncated by military junta

Guinea’s ruling military junta has dissolved the country’s interim government and ordered government members’ passports to be seized and their bank accounts frozen....

Tinubu makes second foreign trip, to attend ECOWAS summit in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, July 8 depart Abuja for Bissau, Guinea-Bissau capital for a regional meeting of heads of government, the...

Macron in Cameroon for first leg of three-country Africa trip

Mr Macron is due to hold talks on Tuesday morning with his counterpart Paul Biya, 89, who has ruled Cameroon with an iron...

Breaking: Heavy shooting at Guinea Bissau State House

  By Paul Ejime There was heavy gunfire around Guinea Bissau’s State House (Presidential Palace) Tuesday aftetnoon with reported unspecified casualty. The whereabouts...

Senegalese President in Abuja, hails Nigeria’s war on terrorism at Lake Chad Basin

    President Macky Sall of Senegal has commended Nigeria‘s coordinated war against insurgency and terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin areas. Speaking...

Benin, Togo, 6 other Francophone West African countries dump CFA, adopt new currency

…French President Macron endorses decision Eight French-speaking countries in the West African region have dumped the CFA, severing links with their former colonial...