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Guinea-Bissau: Strike in Education and Health Continues, Causing Concern

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Guinea-Bissau: Strike in Education and Health Continues, Causing Concern

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In Guinea-Bissau, the strike movement of education and health unions has now lasted for five days. Doctors at the capital's main hospital (which has only one hospital) claim that they have been paid no longer for months. The Guinea-Bissau Human Rights League is sounding alarms and, in the face of the emergency, asking doctors to perform the minimum service. The situation has even forced President Umaro Sissoco Embalo to speak. Details.Read Article

Africa: New Economic Update Examines Fiscal Challenges in Guinea-Bissau - World Bank

Africa · Bissau

Africa: New Economic Update Examines Fiscal Challenges in Guinea-Bissau - World Bank

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Bissau -- The World Bank has released the latest edition of the Guinea-Bissau Economic Update (EU), a report that examines recent economic trends and development issues in the country.Read Article

At Ordination in Guinea-Bissau, Catholic Bishop Urges Priests-elect to “never forget” God’s Calling as “always a gift”

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At Ordination in Guinea-Bissau, Catholic Bishop Urges Priests-elect to “never forget” God’s Calling as “always a gift”

The call to be at God’s service in the Priestly ministry is to be “always” understood as a gift from Him, Bishop José Lampra Cá of the Catholic Diocese of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau has said. Bishop Lampra Cá, who was addressing himself to three Priests-elect in his May 31 homily urged them to seek the will of God and live by it. “God has called you to share in His mission, making you instruments of His will. Never forget: the vocation is always …Read Article

Guinea-Bissau: Senegalese President Welcomed with Great Pomp for His First State Visit to the Country

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrived on Monday 26 May in Bissau for a 24-hour state visit to strengthen economic and security cooperation between Senegal and Guinea Bissau. Never since the independence of Guinea-Bissau in 1974 had a Senegalese president made a visit to the country of this protocol rank - the highest -.Bissau · Bissau See the Story

Diplomacy: PR Bassirou Diomaye Faye Expected on a State Visit to Guinea-Bissau

The President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, announced this Thursday, 22 May, at the end of the Council of Ministers that he chaired, the forthcoming visit of his Senegalese counterpart, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The latter is expected to be in Bissau for a state visit between Sunday and Monday, thus marking a historic moment in bilateral relations. According to Embaló, it will be the very first state visit of a Senegalese …Diplomacy · Bissau Read Article

IMO Promotes Shipping Digitalisation in Guinea-Bissau - India Seatrade News

A needs assessment team carried out a mission in Guinea-Bissau, laying the groundwork for the country to set up a maritime single window system in the Port of Bissau. The Maritime Single Window is a one-stop digital platform for information exchange among different stakeholders and agencies involved in clearing the arrival, stay and departure of ships. Having a single “window” for information exchange streamlines procedures and saves time and co…Bissau · Bissau See the Story

Bissau Guinean Denies Perjury Charges

By: Nicholas Bass Bissau Guinean, Paulo Djabi Monday vehemently denied making any false statement on oath, claiming that he had nothing to do…Bissau · Bissau Read Article

Air Cote d’Ivoire NS25 Bissau Routing Changes — AeroRoutes

Published at 0715GMT 02MAY25Air Cote d’Ivoire in late-April 2025 revised service to Bissau, as the airline launched Abidjan – Dakar – Bissau routing on 22APR25. Airbus A320 aircraft operates this route twice weekly, replacing the 1 weekly Abidjan – Conakry – Bissau – Abidjan triangle routing with Airbus A319 aircraft.HF786 ABJ1415 – 1705DSS1745 – 1845OXB 320 14HF787 OXB0800 – 0900DSS0940 – 1230ABJ 320 25Bissau · Bissau Read Article

Four convicted in Guinea-Bissau cocaine bust transferred to US

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BISSAU - Four foreign nationals convicted of trafficking 2.63 metric tons of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau last September have been transferred to the United States to face another trial there, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.Bissau · Bissau See the Story

Summit of heads of state and government of the CPLP proposed for July 18 in Bissau

Guinea-Bissau will assume the rotating presidency of the CPLP for two years at the next summit, succeeding São Tomand Príncipe.Bissau · Bissau Read Article

Guinea-Bissau's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs visits Arafat shelter

The Bissau-Guinean Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Nelson Pereira, visited the Arafat shelter on Thursday, accompanied by the Assistant Director General of Mauritanian Security, Fadhili Naji. According to a briefing issued by Mauritanian Security, the Minister expressed “his complete satisfaction with the conditions in which the illegal migrants are staying, in terms of accommodation, food, and transportation.” The Minister’s visit to the…Immigration · Bissau See the Story