Soldiers on Friday released two leading politicians they arrested in an April 12 coup, and the army said it would agree to admit a force of more than 600 soldiers from a regional group of West African states. Carlos Gomes Jr., left, the former prime minister and the front-runner in an interrupted presidential campaign, and interim President...
The World Bank and the African Development Bank suspended millions of dollars of aid to Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as a way to press leaders of a military coup to return power to civilians. The two lenders said they were ''urging a speedy resolution of the crisis, and calling for the restoration of constitutional government.'' The World Bank has...
The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday over last week's coup, adding to pressure on military chiefs who said they were ready to restore power to civilians after talks with regional mediators. Foreign governments and international organizations have condemned the military for cutting short a presidential election and detaining the...
Guinea-Bissau er et land i Vestafrika, som ligger ud til Atlanterhavet. Guinea-Bissau grænser til Guinea og Senegal. Tidligere var landet en portugisisk koloni og kendt under navnet Portugisisk Guinea. Navnet på landets hovedstad, Bissau, blev ved uafhængigheden tilføjet landets navn for at undgå forveksling med Republikken Guinea.