Guinea-Bissau : News

[GFO]UNDP nominated to become PR for Phase 2 (AllAfrica)

It's not everyday you get to see large-scale illegal fishing in progress. But on April 14, that's exactly what passengers aboard the National Geographic Explorer seem to have witnessed.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe of Togo at the Security Council.

I'll never forget the moment when I stepped onto the dirt floor of a small, sparse room in a rural Guinea Bissauan village.

[IRIN]Bissau/Dakar -The World Food Programme (WFP) has not received the money it needs to run basic nutrition and food security schemes in Guinea-Bissau, leaving projects in jeopardy or at a standstill. (AllAfrica)

[UN]The formidable social, economic and security challenges facing Guinea-Bissau following its May 2012 coup d'?tat were not insurmountable, the Secretary-General's Special Representative told the Security Council today, stressing that they must be tackled through a two-phase process: a return to constitutional order through year-end elections and a post-electoral strengthening of State bodies through adequately financed reforms. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]The mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau, which last year underwent a military coup, should be adjusted to support a two-phase process for the full restoration of constitutional order and medium-term stability in the country, according to a report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented to the Security Council today. (AllAfrica)

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday renewed Ghana's commitment in collaborating with the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in the West African Sub-Region. He has, however, appealed to member countries to equip the law enforcement agencies in their various countries to enable them to act swiftly against the practice in ... (more)

BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, - African Press Organization - An International Monetary Fund mission led by Mr.

Wednesday's hearing about last September's attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya has put the State Department and diplomatic security back in the political spotlight.

"It is important that the United Nations system and subregional, regional and international partners work together to support a responsible, legitimate and effective State, operating under the rule of law and able to provide security, essential services and economic opportunities to its people," according to the report.

The cost of conflicts on Africa's development between 1990 and 2005 was about $300 billion , according to Oxfam International findings published in 2007.

BISSAU/DAKAR, 9 May 2013 - The World Food Programme has not received the money it needs to run basic nutrition and food security schemes in Guinea-Bissau, leaving projects in jeopardy or at a standstill.

The African Union says it could lift sanctions against Guinea-Bissau as the country's leader promises elections later this year.

"Twenty of the world's most troubled countries have made progress in efforts that range from reducing poverty to improving the education of girls and cutting down on the deaths of women in childbirth, the World Bank said on Wednesday" in a new report , Reuters reports.

Governor Deval Patrick, Education Secretary Matt Malone and state higher education officials honored 29 outstanding public college and university students and their mentors Thursday at the third annual "29 Who Shine" awards at the State House.

The percentage of the world's population living in societies with a fully free press has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade, according to a Freedom House report released today.

The African Union says it could lift sanctions against Guinea-Bissau as the country's leader promises elections later this year.

Gen. Antonio Indjai , Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff, at the funeral of the country's late president, Malam Bacai Sanha, on Jan.

Gen. Antonio Indjai , Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff, at the funeral of the country's late president, Malam Bacai Sanha, on Jan.

Interim President Manuel Serifo Mhamadjo spoke to the press Sunday after returning to the country after spending just over a month in Germany where he received medical treatment.

Guinea-Bissau's association of importers and exporters threaten to boycott the commercialization of cashew nuts in 2013, the West African country's main export product, if a tax adopted in 2011 is not suspended.

The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission can help the Security Council manage its increasing workload, especially when it comes to dealing with countries during the critical period once a conflict has ended, a senior official said today.

Guinea-Bissau's interim leader returned home on Sunday after weeks abroad seeking medical treatment and pledged to organize elections in his coup-prone nation before the end of the year.

TEHRAN Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that Iran is ready to host a meeting of a contact group on Syria comprising Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Its exploration activities are spread across Norway, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola.

[State Department]Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. It is ruled by a transition government led by interim President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo until elections expected in 2013. On March 18, presidential elections were held to replace former president Malam Bacai Sanha of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), who died on January 9. A military coup on April 12 interrupted the electoral process before the second round. There were frequent instances in which elements of the security forces a (AllAfrica)

[Deutsche Welle]The US has charged the coup leader of Guinea-Bissau with drug trafficking and seeking to sell arms to Colombian rebels. Antonio Indjai is now the eighth person accused in the conspiracy. (AllAfrica)

[CAF]Egypt's Zamalek entertains Ethiopia's St. George this Saturday in the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League second round first leg, scheduled at the Cairo Air Defense Stadium. The former African champions. Zamalek are hoping for a convincing win before the return leg in Addis Ababa in a fortnight's time and their Brazilian manager Jorvan Vieira told Cafonline.com that his team is expecting a tough mission against St. George, a team featuring numerous members of the Ethiopian national team that impressed at the (AllAfrica)

Kazakhstan, Astana, 26 April / Trend D.Mukhtarov / Last week the Permanent Representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations Birganym Aitimova and Joao Soares Da Gama signed a Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations in New York, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... (more)

Culture, medicine and psychiatry , Vol. 34, No. 2. , pp. 301-321, doi:10.1007/s11013-010-9178-7 In 1984, a healing cult for young barren women in southern Guinea Bissau developed into a movement, Kiyang-yang, that shook society to its foundations and had national repercussions.