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Guinea-Bissau President to run as Independent
News Central TV
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August 8, 2025
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo announced on Friday that he will run as an independent candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential elections in November. The declaration, made during the inauguration of his new prime minister,...
Guinea-Bissau president names new prime minister as election tensions rise
GhanaWeb
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August 8, 2025
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau has dismissed Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros, appointing Braima Camara, a former coordinator of the Madem G15 opposition party, as his replacement. The reshuffle, announced Thursday via...
Guinea-Bissau’s president sacks prime minister as election nears
Africanews
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August 8, 2025
The president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday sacked the West African country's prime minister and appointed his successor, the latest move to position President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for a likely second term in elections due in November. According to...
Bissau-Guinean Catholic Bishop Cautions against Threat to Peace amid Growing Hate Speech
ACI Africa
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August 1, 2025
He recalled that since March 2022, the LGDH and the Marquês de Valle Flôr Institute have been implementing a project called the “Peace Observatory,” aimed at working in network with national actors to prevent violent extremism. “In the past three...
Guinea-Bissau's President Embalo appoints Braima Camara as new PM
Times LIVE
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Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, three months before presidential and legislative elections and several months after Embalo's opponents say his mandate expired. Braima Camara, formerly a...
Guinea-Bissau’s president appoints new prime minister months ahead of a key election
Associated Press
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August 7, 2025
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday sacked the West African country’s prime minister and appointed his successor, the latest move to position President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for a likely second term after...
Guinea-Bissau’s president appoints new prime minister
Regional Media News - Iowa
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August 7, 2025
BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, three months before presidential and legislative elections and several months after Embalo’s opponents say his mandate expired. Braima...
China key to bridging global understanding: Guinea-Bissau minister
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has played a key role in "building bridges of understanding among peoples" around the world, a senior official of Guinea-Bissau has said. Aly Hijazi, Guinea-Bissau's minister responsible for military veteran...
ECOWAS And Guinea-Bissau Advance Phase II Of Assistive Device Programme For Children With Disabilities
News Ghana
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August 7, 2025
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, has officially launched Phase II of the ECOWAS Assistive Device Programme for Children with Disabilities in...
Guinea Bissau: King Bijimita killed in his rice field, his body marked by signs of violence
Sene News
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August 5, 2025
The kingdom of Bijimita, located in the Biombo region (Guinea Bissau), was the scene of a tragedy this Tuesday. The central chief of the village, Malamato Djú, was found dead in his rice field, with multiple signs of violence on his body....
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) And The Government Of Guinea-Bissau Advance Phase II Of Assistive Device Initiative For Children With Disabilities
MENAFN
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August 4, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, has officially launched Phase II of the ECOWAS Assistive Device Programme for Children with...
78° Locarno Film Festival, quando il cinema diventa subalterno alla NATO
Strategic Culture
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August 22, 2025
Come il cinema diventa un’arma nelle mani delle élite che vogliono la guerra. Segue nostro Telegram. In questi tempi in cui in Occidente l’antifascismo è diventato una confusa lotta per l’affermazione di svariati e poco comprensibili generi...
Wycombe's Bradley Fink 'close' to a return and could feature against Reading
Bucks Free Press
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August 22, 2025
The 22-year-old, who joined for an undisclosed fee from Swiss side Basel, has only played nine minutes for the Chairboys following his summer move. This was on the opening day loss away at Bradford City on August 2, when he replaced Alex Lowry. It...
Is Africa becoming the dumping ground for deported migrants from the US?
Deutsche Welle
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August 22, 2025
US President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is a cornerstone of his domestic policy, forming part of his controversial campaign pledge to carry out "the largest deportation operation in American history." Deporting those migrants...
Guinea-Bissau minister hails strong economic, trade ties with China
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Soares Sambu, Guinea-Bissau's minister of economy, planning and regional integration, on Thursday praised the country's robust economic and trade relations with China, describing them as "excellent." Sambu made the...
Apus Energy Drives Offshore Revival In Guinea-Bissau Ahead Of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Silver Partnership
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 1, 2025/APO Group/ -- Apus Energy has joined African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 – taking place in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3 – as a Silver...
Guinea-Bissau Deepens National Commitment To The Women, Peace, And Security Agenda Through Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)-Led In-Country Continental Results Framework (CRF) Capacity Building Workshop
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) From the 22nd to 24th of July, 2025, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs (DAHS), in close collaboration with other relevant directorates and agencies, the Ministry of Women, Family...
Radio and Television of Portugal repudiate aggression against delegate in Guinea-Bissau
Portugal Pulse
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July 27, 2025
A journalist and RTP correspondent in Guinea-Bissau, Waldir Araújo, was assaulted and robbed today in central Bissau by unidentified individuals. Waldir Araújo told local media that the assault and aggression may have political motivations. The...
Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese TV journalist attacked, robbed in broad daylight
Macau Business
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July 27, 2025
Several local media outlets report that unknown individuals assaulted and robbed a journalist and the delegate for Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) in Guinea-Bissau, Waldir Araújo, in central Bissau on Sunday. Araújo said that the assault and...
RTP journalist in Guinea-Bissau victim of robbery and assault
Portugal Pulse
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July 27, 2025
The journalist and representative of the Portuguese Radio and Television (RTP) in Guinea-Bissau, Waldir Araújo, was assaulted and robbed today in the center of Bissau by unidentified individuals, several local media outlets reported. Araújo,...