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Gunfire erupts in Guinea-Bissau's capital during reported clashes between security forces
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoBISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Gunfire erupted in Guinea-Bissau’s capital city late Thursday night and...
Guinea-Bissau’s leader calls a shootout an attempted coup, heightening tensions in West Africa
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoA shootout in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Friday was an attempted coup, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo...
Guinea-Bissau’s president dissolves the nation’s parliament after last week’s failed coup
theGrio via AOL· 6 months agoSince gaining independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau, a country of 2 million people, has...
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo says a coup was foiled on Friday
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Saturday that gunfire and...
Ivory Coast 2-0 Guinea-Bissau: AFCON hosts overcome first-night nerves to open tournament with...
Evening Standard via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoThe opening night of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations was owned by Ivory Coast as the host nation beat...
Guinea-Bissau capital in darkness after Turkish firm cuts power supply
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoBISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau's capital was plunged into darkness on Tuesday after Turkish company Karpowership cut off electricity supplies to the West African nation due to an unpaid debt ...
Gunshots fired in Guinea-Bissau capital after soldiers free opposition minister
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoBISSAU (Reuters) -Gunfire broke out near Guinea-Bissau's presidential palace overnight and continued on Friday morning after soldiers freed a minister from the main opposition party detained ...
Host nation Ivory Coast starts Africa Cup party with 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSeko Fofana needed only four minutes to score the first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as host...
This New, Once-in-a-lifetime Cruise Sails Along the Incredible Coast of West Africa — Here's What...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHurtigruten Expeditions recently became the only international cruise line to sail the West African...
Guinea-Bissau Leader Dissolves Parliament After Coup Attempt
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(Bloomberg) -- President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the nation’s parliament with immediate...