Guinea-Bissau

Deal 'properly' with drug plane

news24.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

Bissau - The United Nations urged Guinea Bissau on Wednesday to deal "properly" with the seizure of a jet and its Latin American crew suspected of trafficking drugs, adding that it was monitoring the case closely. Two planes...                

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Travelers, Tourists Attacked in Southern Senegal

voanews.com     19 hrs ago   4 related          

A group of bandits believed to be members of a rebel group has ambushed cars and robbed passengers on a main road in Southern Senegal. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar a Senegalese soldier was killed...                

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera outbreak escalating

irinnews.org     yesterday   3 related          

BISSAU, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - The number of people infected by a cholera outbreak in Guinea Bissau doubled in July to more than 600 and infections have spread to areas of the country previously considered low risk, health...                

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SPEAKERS URGE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO ENHANCE INTERACTION WITH POST-CONFLICT

un.org     Jul 22, 2008          

COUNTRIES, EXPAND COOPERATION WITH PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION, IN PANEL DISCUSSION Council Also Adopts Texts on Range of Issues, Including Consultative Status Of Non-Governmental Organizations, Informatics, Genetic Privacy,...                

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Guinea-Bissau's president urges participation in electoral census

xinhuanet.com     Jul 22, 2008          

DAKAR, July 22 (Xinhua) -- President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira of Guinea-Bissau has called on his fellow compatriots to register massively during the country's ongoing voter recruitment exercise, according to information...                

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Sierra Leone: Cocaine - Should Africom Come?

allafrica.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

Since West Africa started grappling with the irregular trafficking in minute amount of cocaine across its extended borders, the recent seizure of about 700kg of the substance in Sierra Leone, is the largest to be confiscated in...                

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Gambia, Guinea Strengthen Ties

allafrica.com     Jul 21, 2008          

The Gambia and Guinea have renewed commitment to the bilateral cooperation between Banjul and Conakry, following a recent state visit to the sister republic by President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, accompanied by a high-powered...                

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Report: 5 arrested in Guinea-Bissau in connection with plane loaded with cocaine

iht.com     Jul 20, 2008   2 related          

A private radio station in Guinea-Bissau has reported that two airport officials and three Venezuelans have been arrested in connection with the arrival of a plane loaded with cocaine. Radio Bombolom FM says the arrests were...                

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Cambodia: One of the 49 Least Developed Countries in the World

ki-media.blogspot.com     Jul 18, 2008   12 related          

What Are The World's Least Developed Countries?Friday, 18 July 2008, 10:26 amPress Release: UNCTAD What are the least developed countries (LDCs)?Forty-nine countries currently are designated by the United Nations as "least...                

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MORTU NEGA (Flora Gomes, 1988)

grunes.wordpress.com     Jul 16, 2008          

Drought has dried the village’s wells. Guinea-Bissau’s war of independence from Portugal has been won and those guerrillas to whom death has been denied have returned home. Fractious, selfish interests war against the unity for...                

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