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Bissau Guinean Leader Appoints Lawyer Michel Saad Amin As Attorney General
The Bissau Guinean leader has appointed Lawyer Michel Saad Amin as Attorney General to replace Luis Manuel Cabral, disclosed a decree published on Wednesday in the capital Bissau. Amine Saad Michel has already held this position in 2000 during the transition...
Guinea-Bissau PM Tells the United Nations That Political Assassins Will be Brought to Justice
Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, that determining who is responsible for a series of assassinations of senior political and military figures in Guinea- Bissau earlier this year, is essential...
Guinea-Bissau Army to be Cut By 66%
The strength of the Guinea-Bissau army will be reduced from 10,000 to 3,400 men, Commander José Zamora Induta has disclosed. He was speaking at the closing of the two-day meeting on the reform project of the security and defense forces jointly organized...
Chief of Staff Says ‘Conditions in Guinea Bissau Army Should be Improved’
According to the head of the armed forces in Guinea-Bissau, Commander Jose Zamora Induta, “conditions in the barracks should be improved to prevent any exploitation of the military by politicians”. Commander Induta was speaking at the opening of a...
E.U. And U.N. Condemn Latest Killings in Guinea Bissau
The European Union has reacted with anger following Friday’s killings of two prominent politicians in Guinea-Bissau. The killings occurred just three months after the double assassinations of the country’s president Nino Vieira and the army chief...
Buying More Time to Help Guinea-Bissau Reform Its Army
The head of the European mission to help Guinea-Bissau reform its security sector has called on the government to extend the mission’s mandate by one year. “We need to extend security sector reform until November 2009,” Gen Juan Esteban Verástegui...
Assassination Severe Blow to Guinea Bissau’s Civilian Power
The assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau, hours after the killing of the country’s army chief of staff, has dealt a severe blow to efforts at stable, civilian government in the coup-wracked country, according to analysts. Guinea-Bissauans,...
High-level Economic Community Of West African States’ Delegation Arrives in Guinea Bissau
A high-level ECOWAS delegation arrived in Bissau on Tuesday for talks with various stakeholders, a day after the residence of the incumbent President, Joao Bernardo Vieira was attacked by a small section of the Guinea Bissau army.
