2008-08-28
Security Sector Reform Must Go Ahead
Recent political instability including the early August dissolution of government could delay long-awaited plans to reform Guinea-Bissau's swollen security sector which could impact the country's long-term security says the president of the national defence institute Baciro Dja.2008-08-28
Cholera Epidemic Claims More Lives
Up to 3,160 people have now contracted cholera and 73 people have died across the country and health minister Camilo Simoes Lopes told IRIN the authorities are struggling to win the fight again the epidemic. 2008-08-27
Ecowas Ministers of Energy Discuss Regional Integration
A one-day meeting of ministers of energy from the 15 member states of ECOWAS and UEMOA (Monetary and Economic Union of West Africa) would take place on Friday August 29 in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau. 2008-08-21
Guinea-Bissauan President Writes to Counterpart
A message from the President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira, for his Angolan counterpart, José Eduardo dos Santos, was handed Wednesday in Luanda to the Angolan Premier. |
