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Fri, 21 Nov 2008
TIMELINE-Guinea-Bissau has history of coups, uprisings
Nov 21 (Reuters) - Provisional results of Guinea-Bissau's Nov. 16 parliamentary elections in which former ruling party PAIGC won a clear majority were announced on Friday. Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Guinea-Bissau ex-ruling party wins assembly majority
BISSAU, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's former ruling PAIGC party won a clear parliamentary majority in last weekend's poll, seeing off a new formation allied to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, provisional results showed on Friday. Thu, 20 Nov 2008
Mauritius best African state for children - report
NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Mauritius and Namibia are the most child-friendly governments in Africa, a report said on Thursday, while Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau ranked as the worst. Sun, 16 Nov 2008
Guinea-Bissau votes in search for stability
BISSAU, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election donors hope will restore stability in a small West African state prostrated by poverty and threatened by international drug-traffickers. Thu, 13 Nov 2008
FACTBOX-Impoverished Guinea-Bissau faces drugs trade threat
Nov 13 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau, which holds parliamentary elections on Sunday, has lurched from one political crisis to another since independence frm Portugal in 1974. Thu, 13 Nov 2008
PREVIEW-Stability, anti-drug fight at stake in Bissau polls
BISSAU, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary elections on Sunday will test the stability of one of the world's poorest states and its mettle to resist the penetration of powerful cocaine-traffickers on West Africa's "Coke Coast". |
