Vol 56 No 8 | GUINEA BISSAU New beginnings 17th April 2015 The international community is backing the new optimism about the country’s prospects with cash but the military’s bad habits die hard The euphoria that greeted the pledge of some US$1.5 billion at the 25 March donor conference in Brussels has not stifled all doubts about the political future. There...
Vol 55 No 25 | GUINEA BISSAU Treading softly 19th December 2014 Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira's government is consolidating power and purging politicians and officials connected to the old regime. Efforts to restore the rule of law and prevent...
Vol 55 No 19 | GUINEA BISSAU Saying no to the narco-state 25th September 2014 A new civilian government is trying to guide the country back to legality, handling the military carefully and promising no prosecutions No elected government has yet served out a full term but Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira has formed a broad coalition to get Guinea Bissau back on the...
Vol 55 No 8 | GUINEA BISSAU The civilians may be back 15th April 2014 Well conducted and fair elections last Monday will help restore civil society. Then comes the far greater challenge of reining in the military The positive verdict on the conduct of the elections and the high turnout are but the first steps on a tricky road back to the rule of law...
Vol 55 No 5 | GUINEA BISSAU Resuscitating democracy 7th March 2014 Soldiers and politicians compromised by their drugs activities are having trouble preventing a return to democracy The much-postponed general elections are now scheduled for 16 April but there is little chance of resolving the political crisis or even that the polls will take place...
Vol 54 No 19 | GUINEA BISSAU The unforgiven 19th September 2013 To the relief of many seeking a restoration of democracy, law and order, on 10 September parliament failed to pass a law granting amnesty to the leaders of...
Vol 54 No 10 | GUINEA BISSAU All at sea over drugs 10th May 2013 Panic envelops the political and military elites amid US anti-drug operations and ECOWAS feels exposed by its support for the government Top politicians and military officers are nervously looking over their shoulders after the detention of former navy chief José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto and the indictment of Army...
Vol 54 No 8 | GUINEA BISSAU Admiral of the white 12th April 2013 In a sting operation off the coast of Cape Verde on 2 April, United States agents arrested the former head of the Navy, Vice-Admiral José Américo Bubo Na...
Vol 53 No 22 | GUINEA BISSAU Was it a coup? 2nd November 2012 A small, apparently unorganised, armed group attacked Bra air force base near Bissau on 21 October and troops killed six men. The transitional government promptly (but without evidence)...
Vol 53 No 20 | GUINEA BISSAU Un-persons 5th October 2012 Guinea-Bissau’s appearance at the United Nations normally attracts no fanfare but this year there was much anticipation when its interim President, Raimundo Pereira, overthrown in the 12...