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Ruling party candidate Malam Bacai Sanha has won Guinea-Bissau's presidential election. It was a vote to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Malam Bacai Sanha at a polling station in Biss
By Phuong Tran Dakar 26 December 2006 Village leaders from a wide area of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau gathered this week to denounce the traditional practice of female genital mutilation. Public-health advocates have been working for years to educate
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 September 2007 Two reports released by governance watchdogs name West and Central African countries as some of the most corrupt and poorly governed in the world. Kari Barber reports from VOA's West and Central Africa bureau in
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa
Electoral officials in Guinea Bissau are distributing voting materials ahead of Sunday's presidential election. Eleven candidates are running to succeed long-time President Joao Bernardo Vieira who was killed in March. Campaign workers load boxes of
Voters in Guinea-Bissau go to the polls Sunday to choose a new president. Economic growth and security dominate politics in one of the world's poorest countries. Gabu's schools are rundown In the eastern city, Gabu, an old man pushes a wheelbarrow o
A top official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the regional bloc is concerned about the security situation in Guinea-Bissau after mutinous soldiers briefly arrested the prime minister Thursday. Peter Clottey 01 April 20
Voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls Sunday for the second round of a presidential election to replace long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by mutinous troops five months ago. Candidates in Guinea-Bissau wrapped-up their campai
By Kari Barber Dakar 06 July 2007 After years of turmoil and economic hardship, the small West African nation of Guinea Bissau is facing a health challenge caused by the absence of iodine in the nation's diet. In countries where iodine is not already
The African Union has condemned the killings of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernado Vieira and his army chief, calling it a blatant attack on state institutions. But the continental body stopped short of suspending Guinea-Bissau's membership in th
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By Fid Thompson Quinhamel, Guinea-Bissau 03 November 2009 For the past few years, the tiny West African country of Guinea-Bissau has become a key transit point for drugs traffickers shipping cocaine to Europe. This has led to a rise in the number of
By Phuong Tran Canchungo, Guinea Bissau 01 April 2008 The West African nation of Guinea-Bissau has one of the worst school systems in the world, according to the United Nations. Teachers go for months without getting paid, and often go on strike. Phu
By Phuong Tran Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 01 April 2008 International anti-drug agents have warned repeatedly that Guinea-Bissau has become a key transit point for drugs going from South America to Europe. The government of the impoverished West African n
Presidential candidates in Guinea-Bissau are campaigning hard across the country ahead of Sunday's vote. Eleven candidates are running to succeed long-time President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed in March. 竞选几内亚比绍总统的候选人
Ukraine's Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has given pro-Russian militants who've occupied government buildings in the east of the country until Monday morning to leave. He said otherwise, the armed forces would launch what he described as a ful