Browsing: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is eyeing re-election this year, despite claims his mandate has expired and questions surrounding his legitimacy. If he remains in office…

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo declared on Monday that he will seek a second term in elections that have been postponed to November due to logistical…

Guinea-Bissau’s opposition has declared a nationwide strike starting Thursday, the day it claims President Umaro Sissoco Embalo’s mandate officially expires. Embalo, who was sworn in for…

Guinea-Bissau authorities have arrested opposition lawmaker Flavio Batica Ferreira during what they described as a mystic ceremony involving sacrifices intended to boost the chances of a…

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau officially postponed the country’s legislative elections scheduled for November 24, leaving the nation in political limbo. The vote, intended to…

Guinea Bissau is unlikely to hold its legislative elections on the scheduled November 24 date, Minister for Territorial Administration Aristides Ocante da Silva warned Friday. He…

Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, suggested on Sunday that he might consider running for a second term if his supporters urge him to do so, despite…

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau has announced he will not run for a second term in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for November 2025. His…

Guinea-Bissau police discovered 2.63 tonnes of cocaine on an aircraft that had flown in from Venezuela at the country’s capital, Bissau.  The judicial police reported the…

The main political parties in Guinea-Bissau, including President Umaro Sissocó Embaló’s party, have joined forces to demand the President respect the country’s laws and human rights.…