Full Coverage: Guinea-Bissau

03.08.2009 Conflicts in Afghanistan, China, Chechnya and Nigeria deteriorated in July 2009 and the situation in Guinea-Bissau improved, according to the International Crisis Group.

12.11.2007 Journalists from Guinea-Bissau live under permanent threat from Colombian drug traffickers and their local accomplices, whose criminal activities have been eating away at the country for years, says a new report, Cocaine and coups haunt gagged nation.

12.09.2007 Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira has been urged to stop official harassment of journalists reporting on drug trafficking.
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16.09.2003 The bloodless military coup that deposed an elected president in one of the world's poorest countries is being welcomed by most people in Guinea-Bissau and neighboring countries, where President Kumba Yala was seen generally as a corrupt and authoritarian leader.

15.09.2003 FREETOWN, Sep 15 (IPS) -- "The military of Guinea Bissau has taken this action because the government is abusing the constitution and seems incapable of resolving the country's mounting political and economic problems," says Verissimo Correia Seabre, the army General who led Sunday's coup.

12.03.2003 A five-year support programme launched in Guinea-Bissau will focus on getting more girls into school. It will also cover child protection, nutritional health and primary education.

04.03.2003 The Guinea-Bissau government has permanently withdrawn the broadcast permit of Bombolom FM. The radio station was shut down on 13 February for an unspecified period, after an opposition politician criticised President Kumba Yala on the air.

24.02.2003 The Guinea-Bissau authorities have shut down private radio station Bombolom FM for an unspecified period, accusing the station of "threatening state security".

20.06.2002 Economic growth in least developed countries has increased from levels seen 10 years ago, but 13 countries led by Guinea-Bissau and the Solomon Islands had "regressing economies". In its Least Developed Countries 2002 Report, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, said Guinea-Bissau recorded a real per capita GDP growth of -7.5 percent in 1997-2000.

13.12.2001 A wave of arrests of former military personnel has followed an alleged coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau.

19.03.2001 A review of IMF loan policies in forty random countries reveals that, during 2000, IMF loan agreements in 12 countries included conditions imposing water privatization or full cost recovery. In general, it is African countries, and the smallest, poorest and most debt-ridden countries that are being subjected to IMF conditions on water privatization and full cost recovery.

15.03.2001 Three West African nations are expected this week to announce drastic action to save one of the world's richest marine environments from overfishing by European Union and other fishing fleets.

18.12.2000 The World Bank and IMF agreed to support a debt relief package for Guinea-Bissau worth $790 million but more conditions need to be met before full assistance is delivered.

29.11.2000 Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of members of Guinea Bissau's opposition party who were detained after an aborted army rebellion last week.

22.11.2000 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Guinea-Bissau is eligible for assistance under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).

01.06.2000 Human rights and media workers are being threatened and arrested in a new wave of harassment by authorities in Guinea-Bissau, says Amnesty International.

21.05.1999 Outbursts of fighting in Guinea Bissau earlier this month pose a threat to the fragile peace deal agreed last year, say human rights campaigners.

04.01.1999 A Togolese contingent was sent to Guinea Bissau at the end of last month to help monitor peace accords between the government and army mutineers in the former Portuguese colony.