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Buildingfair/Angola - Guinea Bissau to Participate in Next Fair
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 19, 2006
Guinea Bissauan businesspeople might participate in the next editions of the Angolan Construction Material International Fair, the general consul of that country to Angola, Isaac Monteiro, informed ANGOP on
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Annan Selects Nigerian to Serve As Head of UN Peacebuilding Office
allAfrica.com
- Saturday, October 07, 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he plans to appoint Nigeria's Shola Omoregie as his new representative in Guinea-Bissau and as head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office to the West African country
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Country Gaining Ground But Still At Risk of Major Setbacks, Says Annan
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 05, 2006
Guinea-Bissau has made some progress towards political reconciliation, but the West African country remains so poor and enduring tensions are still strong enough that the risk of a major setback is ever-present, less than a decade after the end of a bitter civil war, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a
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Macau talks told of aim to double trade
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, aims to double trade with Portuguese-speaking nations by 2009, said a top government official. Comment
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Can we stop toxic dumping?
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
The toxic waste scandal in Ivory Coast has claimed the lives of eight people and caused thousands to seek hospital treatment. Comment
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Across the nation
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
NEW YORK: UN: Unsafe water is killing children Unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation causes diarrhea that kills 1.5 million children each year, according to a United Nations report that said the death ... Comment
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West African Countries Need Global Support
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
West African countries that have emerged from conflict to form democratically elected governments deserve international support to consolidate their fragile progress, ministers from the region have told the ... Comment
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After the battle's over Marine colonel helps rid countries of dangerous ordnance
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Stuart Harris spent most of his career preparing to lead men into battle until a new assignment put him on the other side of the conflict. Comment
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Vieira sees need for reforms in Guinea-Bissau
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau has emphasised the pressing need for his country to undergo serious reforms in public administration, defence and security. Comment
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Cable of greetings
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Joao Bernardo Vieira, president of Guinea-Bissau, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day anniversary. Comment
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Bissau nets 674 kg cocaine in biggest drug haul
Topix
- Monday, September 25, 2006
Police in Guinea-Bissau seized 674 kg of cocaine on Sunday in the tiny country's biggest drugs haul and captured two suspected Venezuelan smugglers after a shoot-out, a top officer said. Comment
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Proposed Law Could Outlaw Female Genital Mutilation
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, September 19, 2006
The practice of fanado, or female genital mutilation, could soon be outlawed by a new bill to be presented to the Guinea-Bissau
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Unsold cashews a disaster for farmers
IRIN
- Saturday, September 16, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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Unsold Cashews a Disaster for Farmers
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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Unsold Cashews a Disaster for Farmers
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Price of rice out of reach
IRIN
- Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Whether living in towns or rural farming communities, residents of Guinea-Bissau can't afford to buy their national staple, rice, despite government price
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Population Explosion Threatens to Trap Africa in Poverty Cycle
Topix
- Tuesday, September 05, 2006
There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million, close to that of Britain, which has a similar land
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Price of Rice Out of Reach
allAfrica.com
- Saturday, September 02, 2006
Whether living in towns or rural farming communities, residents of Guinea-Bissau can't afford to buy their national staple, rice, despite government price
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Investcom's subscribers up 86%
Topix
- Friday, September 01, 2006
Lebanese-based mobile group Investcom, which South Africa's MTN Group acquired in July for USD5.5 billion, has reported an 86% year-on-year rise in total subscribers to 6.14 million at the end of June 2006.
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Thousands flee south Senegal fighting
Topix
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Nearly 4,000 people have fled to Gambia from Senegal's southern Casamance region to escape a week of fighting between Senegalese troops and Casamance separatists, a U.N. official said on Friday.
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