Vol 53 No 9 | GUINEA BISSAU Return of the narco-state 27th April 2012 The coup appears to be the work of the same officers who were involved in previous seizures of power and drug smuggling The military coup of 12 April was the culmination of a steady rise in tension and political instability over several weeks. An alliance, possibly temporary, of ex-President Kumba Y...
Vol 53 No 6 | GUINEA BISSAU Gomes in the lead 16th March 2012 On 18 March, Guinea Bissau chooses a successor to the late President Malam Bacai Sanhá, who died in harness on 9 January.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | GUINEA BISSAUCHINABRIEFING Containers of corruption 28th February 2012 The government of West Africa’s leading narco-state remains tight-lipped about a corruption case involving three officials of the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry who were ar...
Vol 51 No 9 | GUINEA BISSAU A runaway army 30th April 2010 Led by a ‘drug kingpin’, April’s coup may be part of a military struggle for control of international drug trafficking networks The latest military coup to rock the tiny state of Guinea Bissau began on 1 April, when a pickup truck full of armed and drunken soldiers arrived at the United Nations office in Bi...
Vol 50 No 5 | GUINEA BISSAU Mutually assured destruction 6th March 2009 The main threat to peace in Bissau is a coup d’état following the fatal bombing of the Army Chief of Staff, General Batista Tagme Na Waie, on 1 March and the retaliatory killing of...
Vol 49 No 18 | GUINEA BISSAU A cocaine coup fails 5th September 2008 Things turned nasty in late July, when the Minister of Justice, Carmelita Pires, and the Public Prosecutor, Luis Manuel Cabral, received death threats. This was due to their persis...
Vol 48 No 18 | GUINEA BISSAU Cocaine central 7th September 2007 President Vieira's feeble regime is being almost overwhelmed by the drugs trade Cocaine has been, after oil, West Africa's highest value export to Europe in recent months, according to regional police reports. The coca which forms the basis of the drug is not ...
Vol 48 No 13 | GUINEA BISSAUWEST AFRICA The cocaine web spreads 22nd June 2007 Latin America's druglords are doing multimillion dollar business with West Africa's military and their politician pals From their heydays in Nigeria in the 1980s, Latin America's druglords are diversifying their business in Africa. Nigerian traders still play a key role: they are regarded as world ...
Vol 46 No 16 | GUINEA BISSAU On edge 5th August 2005 Recounts in three regions are possible after losing candidate Malam Bacai Sanhá disputed provisional election results giving former military ruler João Bernardo 'Nino...
Vol 46 No 13 | GUINEA BISSAU Yala the spoiler 24th June 2005 In the second round of the presidential elections due on 17 or 24 July, Malam Bacai Sanha of the ruling Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC)...