June 20

• Guinea Bissau: In Guinea Bissau, Women Are Making It Big in Cashew Sale

  In much of Guinea Bissau, there are several cashew nut plantations especially in the hinterland. Some are owned by the government but many individual farmers in the rural areas... Read more »

June 14

• West Africa: AU to Partner Ecowas On Guinea Bissau Transition

  The African Union Commission says it will enhance synergy and close collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore constitutional order and... Read more »

May 23

• Nigeria: 'Guinea Bissau Political Instability Contributed to Drug Trafficking in Nigeria'

  Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, has said that Guinea Bissau's political instability in the past eight years has contributed to... Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Nigeria: 186 Soldiers for Guinea Bissau Peacekeeping Mission

  One hundred and eighty six soldiers were yesterday deployed for the ECOWAS mission in Guinea Bissau. Addressing the first Nigerian troops to be deployed on peace keeping mission to... Read more »

June 11, 2012

• Nigeria: Police Deploy 140 Peacekeepers to Guinea Bissau

  The Nigeria Police have deployed 140 personnel to Guinea Bissau for peacekeeping operations. A statement yesterday by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba,... Read more »

May 18, 2012

• Nigeria: ECOWAS Begins Deployment of Troops to Guinea Bissau, Mali

  Chief of Defence Staff of ECOWAS member states have agreed on details of troops' deployment to Guinea Bissau and Mali to bolster the restoration of constitutional rule after... Read more »

May 15, 2012

• Nigeria: FG to Deploy Troops to G/Bissau Friday

  The Federal Government yesterday disclosed its readiness to deploy soldiers to Guinea Bissau as part of ECOWAS's bid to restore peace in that country. Read more »

May 04, 2012

• Nigeria: Jonathan Wants Stiffer Sanctions Against Mali, Guinea Bissau Juntas

  President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Dakar called on his fellow Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS to impose stiffer sanctions against the military juntas in Mali and... Read more »

May 03, 2012

• West Africa: Taming an Ill - Wind [editorial]

  The coup d'état that took place in Guinea-Bissau on April 12, 2012, added to an unwelcome and disruptive wind that gathered momentum earlier in Mali, toppling the elected... Read more »

May 02, 2012

• West Africa: Ecowas Sanctions Guinea Bissau

  The Economic Community For West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea Bissau after talks in Banjul between Foreign Ministers of... Read more »

March 21, 2012

• West Africa: Ecowas - Guinea Bissau Election Transparent

  The 80-member ECOWAS Observation Mission to the March 2012 presidential election in Guinea Bissau has that the exercise was free and transparent. Read more »

March 13, 2012

• West Africa: Djibo Heads Ecowas Observer Mission to Guinea Bissau

  The ECOWAS Commission has named Niger's former Interim President, Gen. Salou Djibo, as the head of its 80-member Observation Mission to the 18th March 2012 presidential election in... Read more »

December 29, 2011

• Guinea Bissau: Ecowas Concerned Over Attack On Army

  President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed 'grave' concern over reports of attacks on the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau by a group of dissident... Read more »

December 30, 2011

• West Africa: ECOWAS Warns Against Destabilization of Guinea Bissau

  The EOWAS Commission has condemned an attempt by a section of the Armed Forces of Guinea Bissau to destabilize the political situation in the country in the early hours of Monday,... Read more »