Things turned nasty in late
July, when the Minister of Justice, Carmelita Pires,
and the Public Prosecutor, Luis Manuel Cabral,
received death threats. This was due to their persistent inquiries into
the seizure of 500 kilogrammes of drugs and the arr...
President Vieira's feeble regime is being almost overwhelmed by
the drugs trade
Latin America's druglords are doing multimillion dollar business
with West Africa's military and their politician pals
Recounts in three regions are possible after losing candidate
Malam Bacai Sanhá disputed provisional election
results giving former military ruler João Bernardo 'Nino'
Vieira victory in the 24 July presidential election run-off.
Tension ...
In the second round of the presidential elections due on 17
or 24 July, Malam Bacai Sanha of the ruling Partido
Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde
(PAIGC), who won the first round of voting on 19 June with 158,000
votes, is s...
Africa's most predicted coup finally happened on 14 September when Army Chief of Staff General Verissimo Correia Seabra stepped in to end President Kumba Yala's ill-starred three and a half years in office. Domestic reaction to the coup was near universal...
It seems that troops loyal to President Kumba Yala killed self-proclaimed Chief of Staff General Ansumane Mane in an ambush about 30 kilometres from the capital, Bissau, on 23 November.
As regional diplomats struggled to negotiate a truce on 3 February,
the French-backed peacekeeping initiative, Renforcement
des Capacités Africaines en Maintien
de la Paix (RECAMP), was at risk of failing its first big
test. The French naval ...
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