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Cholera Epidemic Claims More Lives
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 28, 2008
p to 3,160 people have now contracted cholera and 73 people have died across the country and health minister Camilo Simoes Lopes told IRIN the authorities are struggling to win the fight again the ... more
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera epidemic claims more lives
Topix - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
p>BISSAU , 27 August 2008 - Up to 3,160 people have now contracted cholera and 73 people have died across the country and health minister Camilo Simoes Lopes told IRIN the authorities are struggling to win the ... ... more
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Ecowas Ministers of Energy Discuss Regional Integration
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
one-day meeting of ministers of energy from the 15 member states of ECOWAS and UEMOA (Monetary and Economic Union of West Africa) would take place on Friday August 29 in Bissau, the capital of Guinea ... more
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UN peacekeeping chiefs in West Africa kick off two-day summit
Topix - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
p>The heads of United Nations peacekeeping missions in West Africa today start a two-day meeting in Guinea-Bissau aimed at reviewing regional and national challenges to the success of their mandates. ... more
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Floods force over 10,000 to flee their homes in Chad
Topix - Monday, August 25, 2008
p>"Three people, caught under their collapsing homes, have been reported dead, and eight seriously injured," it said. ... more
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Drug trafficking threatens tenuous stability
Topix - Saturday, August 23, 2008
p>Cocaine smuggling is fanning political turbulence and undermining investment confidence in West Africa, where drugs experts say Latin American gangs threaten to transform small nations into "narco-states". ... ... more
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G. Bissau Military Reform, a Must
Topix - Thursday, August 21, 2008
p>Bissau, Aug 20 Guinea Bissau Defense Minister Marciano Barbeiro deemed the Armed Forces reform irreversible and essential for national future. ... more
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U.N. fears health crisis from West Africa floods
Topix - Wednesday, August 20, 2008
p>The U.N. health agency says severe flooding in West Africa is increasing the risk of deadly cholera and malaria outbreaks in the region. ... more
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Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Drowning in Oil
Topix - Tuesday, August 19, 2008
p>The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries two years from now, ... ... more
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Bal kesir's poultry to feed Africans
Topix - Monday, August 18, 2008
p>A commission made up of 80 people from 13 different African countries visited the northwestern province of Balykesir to inspect a poultry production facility last week. ... more
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Unicef Helps Fight Cholera Outbreak
allAfrica.com - Monday, August 18, 2008
he United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Health to tackle a cholera epidemic that has rapidly spread across the West African ... more
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Drrug prohibition is untenable hypocrisy
Topix - Saturday, August 16, 2008
p>This is stated in a provocative way. "If you voted in the last election, you probably voted for prohibition. ... more
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Guinea Bissau: Alleged Coup Leader Arrested in Banjul
Topix - Thursday, August 14, 2008
p>The Daily Observer Following reports of a foiled coup in the West African nation of Guinea Bissau, The Gambia Government has announced the arrest of the alleged coup leader, Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubu Na ... ... more
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Local Media Reports Navy Chief at Large
allAfrica.com - Thursday, August 14, 2008
issau-based private radio station Pindjiqidy Radio broadcast early Wednesday a phone call from the head of Guinea Bissau's navy, Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchute, in which he denied involvement in the 6 August unsuccessful coup attempt against President Joao Bernardo ... more
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Gambia arrests man accused of plotting coup in nearby Guinea-Bissau
Topix - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
p>Rear Adm. Bubo Na Tchuto escaped last week from house arrest in his country and was detained in Gambia, a day after he arrived in the West African country by sea, the government said in a statement. ... more
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5 arrested on terrorism charges in Mauritania
Topix - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
p>Mauritania's attorney general says five people were arrested on terrorism charges. ... more
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Bissau navy chief held over coup plot escapes: army
Topix - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
p>By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's navy chief, who was arrested last week and accused of trying to stage a coup, has escaped custody and fled to nearby Gambia, the armed forces said on Tuesday. Rear-Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto was held after he was accused... more
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Tensions Mount After Coup Attempt
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his deep concern over the mounting political and security tensions in Guinea-Bissau, where the President swore in a new Government on Saturday following a failed coup attempt by military officers in the West African ... more
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Ban Deeply Concerned About Rising Tensions
allAfrica.com - Monday, August 11, 2008
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his deep concern over the mounting political and security tensions in Guinea-Bissau, where the President swore in a new Government on Saturday following a failed coup attempt by military officers in the West African ... more
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SENEGAL: High cashew prices benefit rebels
Topix - Monday, August 11, 2008
p>ZIGUINCHOR, 4 August 2008 - The soaring price of cashew nuts in Senegal's restive southern region Casamance is lining the pockets of armed rebels according to Isma la Di ©dhiou, an agricultural expert who ... ... more
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