FILE - Guninea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, poses for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, file) According ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Counting of votes is underway in Guinea-Bissau where voting for presidential and legislative seats took place on Sunday for President Umaro Sissoco Embaló who is seeking a ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau who seized power following disputed national elections earlier this week appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister on ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In West Africa’s latest military takeover, soldiers in Guinea-Bissau followed up a disputed presidential election by seizing power last week in what some critics allege was a ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state television Wednesday saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace, three ...

Domingos Simoes Pereira was one of several senior politicians imprisoned by the military following a November coup which took place days after presidential elections.

Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries, with half its population considered poor, according to the World Bank. It has emerged as a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and ...

African scientists have criticised a study of hepatitis B virus birth dose vaccination as being unethical. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

In this photo released by the Communication office Presidency republic of Guinea Bissau, incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo casts his votes at a polling station during the Presidential and ...