José Mário Vaz

Present for the occasion were Embaló friends: now former President José Mário Vaz Nuno Gomes Nabiam armed forces Chief of Staff Biague Na N'Tam a key ally of Vaz who once famously announced that as long as he was in his post there would be no coup and former army Chief of Staff Antonio Indjai the brains behind the last coup in Bissau in May 2012...

One of two prime ministers fired by President José Mário Vaz will replace him as Guinea Bissau's president in a run-off on 29 December...

President José Mário Vaz's latest attempt to dismiss a government four weeks before the presidential elections now due on 24 November collapsed in ignominy after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) finally bared its teeth...

Hopes that the 10 March elections would usher in a new era of reconciliation and dislodge President José Mário Vaz's limpet-like grip on power have again proved vain as the political crisis continues...

Camara is a key ally of President José Mario Vaz who has been fighting Perreira for years (AC Vol 57 No 12)...

Hopes that parliamentary elections on 18 November would end more than three years of political paralysis caused by the conflict between President José Mário Vaz and the majority faction of the Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) have been dashed...

After two-and-a-half years of conflict between President José Mário Vaz and the majority of his Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) led by Domingos Simões Pereira the Conakry Agreement signed in October 2016 is at last being implemented...

President José Mário Vaz's conflict with members of his own party and with West African and other international bodies is no nearer resolution despite fresh attempts to pressure him into resigning...

The faction of the ruling party opposed to President José Mário Vaz has joined forces with the opposition to organise mass demonstrations against him...

For a year and a half political life has been paralysed while President José Mário Vaz attempts to broaden his power base...