Fresh facts are now emerging on the killing of the Guinea-Bissau Army Chief, Brig. Gen. Batiste Tagme na Waie, which later triggered the assassination of President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira.

Renegade soldiers yesterday shot President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea Bissau dead following the death of the country's Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Batiste Tagme Na Waie, who was last Sunday killed ...

Soldiers attacked the residence of President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau in the early hours of Sunday in what appeared to be post-election instability, news agencies report.

Reforming Guinea-Bissau's army and police units is now more pressing than ever to avoid instability say UN officials and government representatives.

The recent assassinations of Guinea-Bissau's president and army chief have cast a deep uncertainty over Senegal's restive Casamance region, where a decades-long separatist struggle has been heavily ...

Both Guinea Bissau's president and its army chief have been assassinated within hours of one another, apparently as a result of rivalry between them, news agencies reported Monday.

The assassination of President  João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau, hours after the killing of the country's army chief of staff, has dealt a severe blow to efforts at stable, ...

The United Nations Security Council today underscored the need for continued international support for Guinea-Bissau, while voicing their concern over security in the West African country which faced ...

An apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November has underscored the country's chronic political volatility.

March 2009 General Tagme Na Wai is killed 1 March in a bomb attack on military headquarters in the capital Bissau. President  João Bernardo Vieira is then killed by soldiers 2 March as ...

Despite Guinea-Bissau’s widely praised elections in 2008, allegations of attempted assassination and coup d’état heighten the need to guarantee stability and institutional reforms.