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Prime Minister Denies Threats on Journalists
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 08, 2007
he prime minister of Guinea Bissau has denied that his government is intimidating journalists for covering a drug-trafficking scandal in the ... more
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SA opens talks with Guinnea Bissau
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The aim of this visit really is to come consolidate relations with the South African government and also to renew and re-iterate friendship we have with the ruling party, the ANC." Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, SA's deputy president, has hosted bilateral talks with a delegation from Guinnea Bissau,... more
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South Africa: Govt Discusses Closer Ties with Guinea Bissau
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Their meeting is within the context of South Africa's commitment to consolidate bilateral, political, economic and trade relations with all African countries as part of efforts of consolidating the African Agenda" The Guinea Bissau Prime Minister, Martinho Ndafa Cabi is on a visit to South Africa... more
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Guinea-Bissau at a glance
Topix - Tuesday, August 07, 2007
p> Geography: 13,946 square miles in western Africa. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea to the south and east, and Senegal to the north. via Austin American-Statesman ... more
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A country awash in smuggled cocaine
Topix - Saturday, August 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The information we have clearly points to the conclusion that traffickers are operating on a large scale and with almost complete impunity" BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- The fishermen who came across the bags of white powder bobbing in the ocean knew they had found something valuable, but... more
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Journalists Fear Arrest in Crackdown Over Drug Trafficking Coverage
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 03, 2007
our journalists in Guinea-Bissau went into hiding on 26 July 2007 for fear of being arrested by the country's ... more
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I Coast leader visits ex-rebel headquarters, says war over
Topix - Friday, August 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We must move to elections quickly ... Starting today we are preparing the elections" Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro and President Laurent Gbagbo light up the 'Peace torch' in Bouake yesterday BOUAKE: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo yesterday attended a highly symbolic peace ... ... more
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Bissau takes stand on drugs
Topix - Thursday, August 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The government is aware of the scourge it is facing, but calls on the international community to come to its aid to overcome it" Guinea-Bissau, a tiny, unruly West African state that international drugs experts say is a major staging post for Colombian cocaine smuggled to... more
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Y-chromosomal diversity in the population of Guinea-Bissau: a multiethnic perspective
Topix - Wednesday, August 01, 2007
p> Abstract Background The geographic and ethnolinguistic differentiation of many African Y-chromosomal lineages provides an opportunity to evaluate human migration episodes and admixture processes, in a ... via CiteULike ... more
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Cote d'Ivoire officially launches disarmament process
Topix - Tuesday, July 31, 2007
p> BOUAKE, Cote d'Ivoire, July 30 -- The "flame of peace" ceremony, which marks the official launch of the disarmament and reconciliation process in Cote d'Ivoire, was held Monday in Bouake, stronghold of the ... via China View ... more
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Wanted Bissau rights campaigner calls for UN guard
Topix - Monday, July 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I launch an urgent appeal to the Secretary-General of the United Nations to guarantee my safety because my life is in danger" A Guinea-Bissau human rights campaigner, forced into hiding after suggesting top military brass were linked to drug trafficking, appealed on Saturday for U.N. protection... more
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With cocaine use in Europe soaring, West Africa becomes way station for drugs
Topix - Sunday, July 29, 2007
p> The fishermen who came across the bags of white powder bobbing in the ocean knew they had found something valuable, but they weren't sure exactly what. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Y-chromosomal diversity in the population of Guinea-Bissau: a multiethnic perspective
Topix - Saturday, July 28, 2007
p> Background The geographic and ethnolinguistic differentiation of many African Y-chromosomal lineages provides an opportunity to evaluate human migration episodes and admixture processes, in a pan-continental ... via BMC Evolutionary Biology ... more
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GUINEA-BISSAU: International attention on drug trafficking could help demining efforts
Topix - Friday, July 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Guinea Bissau's landmine and ERW problem is a forgotten and neglected emergency" Despite the serious threat posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war in Guinea Bissau, in recent months international eyes have focused increasingly and almost exclusively on drug trafficking ... via IRIN... more
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The Amorim interview: 'We are changing the world's geography'
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are changing the world's geography" On the eve of the India-Brazil-South Africa Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi, Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim spoke to The Hindu about the future and significance of the tri-continental grouping ... via Siddharth Varadarajan ... more
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FEATURE-Cocaine trade scents higher profit in Europe
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They may forget about their problems when they're high but reality will eventually sink in. I just hope most of them are able to cope with it" Saturday night and thrill-seekers from around the world crowd the streets of Amsterdam's red-light district ready to binge on... more
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the Un's All Persuasive Role in Africa
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Is the United Nations re-colonising Africa? UN peacekeepers have helped rebuild Liberia. via Jackaranda ... more
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Hopes Dim for Missing African Migrants
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Some of them got nervous and started to stand up when suddenly the boat was hit by a wave in the side and they all fell into the water" Hopes of finding about 50 migrants missing after their boat capsized in rough seas off Africa dimmed... more
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50 migrants 'feared drowned'
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Rescuers searched for a second day on Friday off Spain's Canary Islands for about 50 African migrants who are missing and feared drowned after their boat capsized in heavy seas. via News24 ... more
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Drug barons turn Bissau into Africa's first narco-state
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"What I say is true; everybody knows that in Guinea- Bissau the power is with the military. This is an international war we are fighting. We need protection." Welcome to Africa's first narco-state, a country with just 1.5 million people but a roaring drugs trade. ... more
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