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Guinea Bissau: Rival president Cassamá quits after death threats

Just days after he was appointed as interim president of Guinea-Bissau, Cipriano Cassama from the former ruling coalition, PAIGC has resigned. Cassama's party lost last...

Guinea-Bissau has two presidents amid election dispute

Guinea Bissau now has two presidents and two prime ministers after opposition leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo swore himself in as the new president. The former...

Guinea Bissau: Embalo sworn in as president despite vote row

Umaro Sissoco Embalo swore himself in as the new president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, defying a bitter ongoing row about the outcome of the...

Guinea-Bissau: Top court rejects challenge to presidential poll result

The Supreme Court in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday rejected a challenge against the country's presidential election result. Last year, former prime minister, Umaro Cissoko Embalo was...

Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential poll

Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has won last year's presidential run-off election  with 54% of the vote. The electoral commission said on Wednesday...

Guinea-Bissau holds presidential run-off election

Guinea-Bissau is holding second round of voting in a presidential run-off election that has two former prime ministers contesting. In the first round of voting,...

Guinea Bissau’s President fails to make it to run-off poll

Guinea Bissau's incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz has failed to advance to the second round of voting in presidential election, finishing in a distant...

Guinea Bissau holds presidential poll after political chaos

Voters in Guinea Bissau are choosing a new president in Sunday's presidential election after weeks of political chaos. More than 760,000 voters have registered to...

Guinea Bissau: ECOWAS forces newly appointed PM to resign

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has forced Guinea-Bissau’s newly appointed Prime Minister Faustino Fudut Imbali to resign. ECOWAS had given Guinea-Bissau an ultimatum to...

Guinea Bissau President ‘sacks his government’

President of Guinea Bissau Jose Mario Vaz on Monday sacked his entire government. He said the sacking was "with immediate effect." The President's decision was...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

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Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

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The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

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Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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