Vol 53 No 22 | GUINEA BISSAU Was it a coup? 2nd November 2012 A small, apparently unorganised, armed group attacked Bra air force base near Bissau on 21 October and troops killed six men. The transitional government promptly (but without evidence)...
Vol 53 No 20 | GUINEA BISSAU Un-persons 5th October 2012 Guinea-Bissau’s appearance at the United Nations normally attracts no fanfare but this year there was much anticipation when its interim President, Raimundo Pereira, overthrown in the 12...
Vol 53 No 10 | GUINEA BISSAU More time for the junta 11th May 2012 The Economic Community of West African States has given the confused military junta twelve months to ease itself from power. However, the United Nations is holding out for...
Vol 53 No 9 | GUINEA BISSAU Return of the narco-state 27th April 2012 The coup appears to be the work of the same officers who were involved in previous seizures of power and drug smuggling The military coup of 12 April was the culmination of a steady rise in tension and political instability over several weeks. An alliance, possibly temporary, of ex-President Kumba...
Vol 53 No 6 | GUINEA BISSAU Gomes in the lead 16th March 2012 On 18 March, Guinea Bissau chooses a successor to the late President Malam Bacai Sanhá, who died in harness on 9 January.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | GUINEA BISSAUCHINABRIEFING Containers of corruption 28th February 2012 The government of West Africa’s leading narco-state remains tight-lipped about a corruption case involving three officials of the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry who were arrested in November 2011...
