Bissau. The West African country has experienced at least nine attempted and successful coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974. But when military officers announced they had seized ...

ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau’s military ...

Bloc warns of sanctions on all individuals or groups of people who obstruct return to constitutional order, 'if the demand to ...

ECOWAS has rejected Guinea-Bissau’s military transition plan, demanding a swift return to constitutional rule and warning of ...

In early April, the military-led government of Guinea announced a constitutional referendum for Sept. 21, with at least a presidential election likely to follow later this year. The announcement seems ...

ECOWAS delegation has arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday, as the military government which seized power in the country banned all demonstrations, strikes and activities regarded as threat to peace and ...

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this week.

The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, emphasizing its zero tolerance for unconstitutional changes. On Friday, the AU Peace and Security Council adopted a ...

The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. This region has, since 2020, become the ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An investigative journalist was abducted by men in security forces uniforms in Guinea's capital, his wife and his lawyer told reporters Wednesday, as the military regime ...

Guinea is in talks with Emirates Global Aluminium over a possible bauxite supply agreement that would see the company source ...