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Guinea Bissau: 'Forget It' - President Tells Off U.S. After U.S.$5 Million Bounty on Ex-Army Boss
Nation, 24 August 2021
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said Monday that the country's former army boss will not be extradited to any country. Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: U.S. Offers U.S.$5 Million Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Ex-Army Chief
East African, 20 August 2021
The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and, or conviction of Guinea Bissau's former head of Armed Forces Antonio… Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: U.S. Offers Up to U.S.5 Million Reward for Information on Guinea-Bissau Narcotics Trafficker
State Department, 19 August 2021
Today the U.S. Department of State announces a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Guinea-Bissau national Antonio Indjai.… Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: Arrest of Drug Lords a 'First Step'
ISS, 12 August 2013
No other African country provides a better setting for a fast-paced crime thriller than Guinea-Bissau. Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: U.S. Charges Coup Leader With Trafficking
DW, 19 April 2013
The US has charged the coup leader of Guinea-Bissau with drug trafficking and seeking to sell arms to Colombian rebels. Antonio Indjai is now the eighth person accused in the… Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: Cocaine-Related Graft Erodes Governance
UNIRIN, 10 June 2013
Drug-trafficking in Guinea-Bissau is undermining the country's stability, distorting its economy and intensifying the competition for power among political and military leaders,… Read more »
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West Africa: Taming an Ill - Wind
Daily Trust, 3 May 2012
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 »
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Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Coups and Africa's Cocaine Equation
African Arguments, 24 October 2012
After an assault on an air force base in Guinea Bissau left six dead early Sunday, the tiny West African nation's civilian government issued a swift, damning verdict: That the… Read more »
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Guinea Bissau: Coups Become the Norm in Guinea-Bissau
IPS, 21 January 2013
Chronic instability, extreme poverty, drug trafficking and corruption are the tragic lot of Guinea-Bissau, which this year commemorates four decades of independence from Portugal. Read more »