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UN envoy quits Guinea Bissau
Dec 06, 2012 13:15 EST
The United Nations' top envoy to coup-stricken Guinea Bissau has left the country, two months after the civilian authorities brought to power by the junta demanded his departure, an official said Thursday.
West Africa agrees on 3,300-strong force for Mali
Nov 11, 2012 15:03 EST
West African leaders at an emergency summit on Sunday agreed on a 3,300-strong force to wrest control of northern Mali from Islamist extremists as fears grow over risks they pose to the region and beyond.
G.Bissau ex-premier denies role in counter-coup bid
Nov 08, 2012 11:48 EST
Guinea Bissau's former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior, who was ousted in an April coup, denied Thursday the transition government's "absurd" accusations that he had instigated a recent foiled counter-coup.
West African bloc gives G.Bissau $63 mln for army reform
Nov 07, 2012 13:14 EST
Chronically unstable Guinea-Bissau got $63 million (49 million euros) Wednesday from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help the country reform its army as it recovers from an April coup.
G. Bissau's alleged coup mastermind to face military court
Oct 30, 2012 14:11 EDT
The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a military court, the army said Tuesday.
G. Bissau alleged coup plotter to face military court
Oct 30, 2012 11:59 EDT
The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a military court, the army said Tuesday.
Guinea-Bissau army arrests alleged coup leader
Oct 27, 2012 17:42 EDT
Guinea Bissau's military on Saturday arrested the man accused of being the mastermind behind an attack on an elite army barracks a week ago which the government said was an attempted coup.
Guinea-Bissau army arrests alleged coup leader: military
Oct 27, 2012 13:50 EDT
Guinea Bissau's military on Saturday announced the arrest of the man accused of being the mastermind behind an attack on an elite army barracks a week ago which the government said was an attempted coup.
Guinea-Bissau hunts authors of foiled coup blamed on Portugal
Oct 22, 2012 13:23 EDT
Guinea-Bissau security forces were hunting Monday for armed men behind a foiled coup bid in the chronically unstable nation, which the government has accused former colonial ruler Portugal of instigating.
Guinea-Bissau thwarts coup bid, accuses Portugal
Oct 22, 2012 03:38 EDT
Guinea-Bissau claimed it thwarted a coup bid at the weekend after a deadly raid on an army barracks, accusing Portugal of being behind the attack.
Guinea-Bissau accuses Portugal of 'coup bid'
Oct 22, 2012 00:24 EDT
Guinea-Bissau has accused Portugal, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and a former prime minister of backing a coup bid after a gun battle that claimed at least seven lives.
Guinea-Bissau accuses Portugal of 'coup bid'
Oct 21, 2012 21:13 EDT
Guinea-Bissau accused Portugal, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and a former prime minister of backing a coup bid after a gun battle that claimed at least seven lives.
G.Bissau ex-navy chief freed from prison
Jun 21, 2012 15:08 EDT
Guinea-Bissau's ex-navy chief, who was jailed for plotting a failed coup in December, said Thursday he had been freed, a decision taken by the latest coup leader in the chronically unstable nation.
First troops of west African force arrive in G.Bissau
May 17, 2012 14:56 EDT
Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived Thursday in Guinea-Bissau on a mission to restore stability after the country's April 12 coup, as the prime minister of a transitional government took office.
First soldiers of west African force arrive in G.Bissau
May 17, 2012 12:53 EDT
Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived in Guinea-Bissau Thursday, part of regional efforts to restore stability after an April 12 coup, an AFP correspondent reported.
G.Bissau economist Duarte Barros to lead transition
May 16, 2012 13:50 EDT
Guinea-Bissau's interim leader Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo has named Rui Duarte Barros as prime minister of a transition government after last month's coup, an official said Wednesday.
Deal on Guinea-Bissau interim president
May 11, 2012 11:00 EDT
Guinea-Bissau coup leaders and west African mediators agreed Friday that parliamentary speaker Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo will lead a transition government, ruling out the return of the toppled team
Guinea-Bissau paralysed a month after coup
May 10, 2012 13:33 EDT
Unable to feed the inmates, guards at a small prison in Guinea-Bissau had to let the detainees go free, yet another sign of the worsening crisis in the west African nation reeling from an April 12 coup.
G.Bissau junta frees PM, president seized in coup
Apr 28, 2012 16:25 EDT
Guinea-Bissau's coup leaders released the country's ousted prime minister and interim president on Friday after more than two weeks of captivity, allowing the former leaders to travel to Ivory Coast.
West African summit on Guinea-Bissau next week
Apr 28, 2012 06:00 EDT
Six west African heads of state will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau at a meeting in Dakar next week, the Senegalese government said late on Friday.
