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Guinea Bissau interim president quits after death threats

  Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | AFP |  The man appointed interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the side beaten in the December presidential election has stepped down because of death threats, less than two days after being nominated. “Given the death threats against me and my bodyguards, I have decided to give …

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Opposition’s Embalo wins Guinea-Bissau presidency

Embalo wins Guinea-Bissau presidency, beaten PAIGC cries foul Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | AFP | Opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo won the presidential election in the volatile West African state of Guinea-Bissau, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced Wednesday, but the country’s historic ruling PAIGC party cried foul. Embalo won 53.55 percent …

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Guinea-Bissau voter census extended, likely postponing vote

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | AFP | A voter census in Guinea-Bissau has been extended by a month, the government said Monday, likely delaying a crucial legislative vote planned for next month. The vote, seen as a key step towards ending a long-running political crisis in the poor West African country, had …

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GBissau president in fresh bid to end political stalemate

Lome, Togo | AFP | Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has nominated another new prime minister, the West African bloc said on Saturday, after talks aimed at ending years of political crisis. The Economic Community of West African States said Vaz had nominated Aristide Gomes as “prime minister of consensus” …

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Guinea-Bissau president names new PM in bid to end crisis

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | AFP | Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister late Tuesday, appointing Augusto Antonio Artur Da Silva by decree after the previous PM resigned in a bid to end a political crisis. The new prime minister’s first job will be to organise fresh parliamentary …

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ECOWAS threatens Guinea-Bissau sanctions as crisis drags

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | West African leaders on Saturday threatened to slap Guinea-Bissau with sanctions unless the country’s grinding political crisis was resolved within two months. In a summit in Nigeria, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it was “disappointed with the absence of progress in …

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Guinea-Bissau blocks payments in ‘ghost salary’ crackdown

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | AFP | Authorities in Guinea-Bissau have blocked the September salary payments of nearly a third of the country’s 13,000 civil servants whom they suspect are ghost workers. “After a check made by a team in my department, we found that 4,000 bogus workers, who do not fulfil the …

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