800 kilos of cannabis up in flames in Guinea Bissau
BISSAU, February 10, 2011 (AFP) – Police in Guinea Bissau burnt Thursday 76 kilos of cocaine and 800 kilos of cannabis that authorities had seized since 2007 in a demonstration of its efforts to banish the country’s image as a narco-state. Justice Minister Mamadu Djalo Pires and other officials looked on at the incineration, which also [...]
Malam Sanha to be Inaugurated as President of Guinea Bissau
On Tuesday the President-elect of Guinea Bissau Malam Bacai Sanha, will be inaugurated as President in Bissau the capital city. He will replace assassinated President Joao Bernardo Vieira after winning a July 26 run-off. President Vieira was assassinated in early March in a revenge attack shortly after an explosion killed his rival, military chief of [...]
Malam Sanha Is The New President Of Guinea Bissau
Malam Bacai Sanha, the ruling party candidate, has won Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election. It was a vote to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission says Sanha won Sunday’s second round of balloting with more than 63 percent of the vote. Political observers in Bissau [...]
Violence Looms As Guinea Bissau Votes
Voters in Guinea Bissau were choosing between two former leaders in a presidential run-off on Sunday that many fear could stir violence rather than restore stability in the West African nation.Malam Bacai Sanha, interim president from 1999 to 2000, is widely tipped to beat Kumba Yala, whose record in power between 2000 and 2003 left [...]
