A now-halted plan to test different hepatitis B vaccine schedules on newborns in Guinea-Bissau has drew strong criticism from the World Health Organization, which called the study "unethical".

The US health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had funded a trial involving 14,000 babies, giving one group the proven birth-dose vaccine and delaying the shot for the other group for six weeks. WHO said

The country's National Electoral Commission has stated they were "unable to conclude the electoral process" days after the African Union (AU) issued a strong condemnation of the November 26 military coup hours before the results were supposed to be declared.

In a statement, the AU Commission Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali

The Nigerian government has granted special protection to Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa following reports of imminent threats to his life after the military seized power hours before the announcement of the 23 November 2025 election results.

Dias, the main opposition candidate to incumbent President Umaro Embaló, was placed under protection within the Nigerian Embassy in

The coup in Guinea-Bissau "feels less like a classic overthrow and more like a political stunt wrapped in military theatre", writes Daniel T. Makokera in an AllAfrica guest column. There is "a growing belief that the crisis may have been an inside job," he says - "a carefully managed confrontation used to settle scores, sideline opponents, or reassert control over institutions slipping from the

Guinea-Bissau's military has sworn in General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president and announced a one-year interim administration. This comes a day after senior officers said they had deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, halted the election process, and formed the "High Military Command for the Restoration of Order."

His main rival, Fernando Dias, claimed the

For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned parts of modern-day Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Gambia, has been preserved through oral traditions, and particularly by griots - oral historians who sang of its rulers.

Musician Nino Galissa, a descendant of the griots who sang for Kaabu's last emperor, blended traditional storytelling

In the lead-up to the upcoming elections in Guinea-Bissau, a media crackdown has intensified, raising concerns about press freedom. Many media organizations are struggling to pay the $5,000 licensing fees demanded by the government in order to continue broadcasting. Many radio stations have been unable to raise the fee needed to secure their licenses before the elections.

Freedom House and other watchdog

Following a three-nation, five-day visit to west Africa, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke with AllAfrica's Tami Hultman. From her office at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, Thomas-Greenfield talked about the ongoing crisis in Sudan, UN engagement with smaller, peaceful countries like Namibia and Africa's role on the Security Council, including raising climate issues.  She cites her stops in Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she led the U.S.

Close to a million people were eligible to cast their votes in elections in Guinea-Bissau. However, many of those going to the polls are wondering what purpose elections even serve as the country plunges from one crisis to the next.

The latest legislative elections in the democratic history of the country took place on Sunday June 4, 2023 - several months after the original deadline specified by electoral law.

Guinea-Bissau's government launched a major investigation into a foiled coup attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Reports say a commission of inquiry was launched, adding that military intelligence agents were gathering information at government headquarters.

On February 1, Embalo