Guinean PR sets legislative elections for June 4, 2023
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, set June 4 as the date for legislative elections, the Guinean presidency announced in a presidential decree. In […]
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Police tried to arrest former Guinean PM at PAIGC congress
Guinean police tried to arrest Aristides Gomes during the 10th Congress of the PAIGC, in Bissau. Away from the country since 2021, the former PM […]
Guinea-Bissau: Braima Camará is re-elected president of MADEM-G15 and promises to fight for an absolute majority
The delegates to the 2nd congress of the Movement for Democratic Change (MADEM-G15) renewed their political confidence in Braima Camará, the party’s founding leader. Camará […]
Guinea-Bissau: Party leader again stopped from leaving country
The chairman of the PAIGC, Domingos Simões Pereira, was again prevented from leaving Guinea-Bissau, despite an order of the Court of Appeal revoking the impediment […]
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolves Parliament
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo announced Monday the dissolution of parliament and the calling of early parliamentary elections by the end of the year in […]
Guinea-Bissau: President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dismisses the Minister of Economy
Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dismissed Thursday the Minister of Economy and entrusted his post temporarily to the head of government, according to an […]
Bissau-Guinean police prevent congress of former ruling party
“It is President Umaro Sissoco Embalo who does not want the PAIGC congress to be held,” former Prime Minister and PAIGC President Domingos Simoes Pereira […]
Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau banned from leaving the country
Domingos Simoes Pereira, former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, has been banned from leaving the country due to a judicial review in an investigation that includes […]
Guinea-Bissau: Shots heard in the capital
A week after the attack on the government palace, gunfire was heard this Monday morning in Bissau. It seems that a private radio station was […]
Guinea-Bissau: President Jose Mario Vaz names new PM
Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz on Monday appointed Aristides Gomes as Prime Minister, a decree read on state-run media said. The move comes days after […]