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11/13/2007 Journalists from Guinea-Bissau live under permanent threat from Colombian drug traffickers and their local accomplices, whose criminal activities have been eating away at the country for years, says a new report, Cocaine and coups haunt gagged nation.
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From: Reporter Senza Frontiere
09/12/2007 Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira has been urged to stop official harassment of journalists reporting on drug trafficking.
From IFEX
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Guinea Bissau
09/16/2003 Il 14 settembre la giunta militare capeggiata da Verissimo Seabra Correia ha deposto il governo di Bissau. L'insofferenza popolare da tempo regnava nel Paese. Ora sarà monsignor José Câmnate Na Bissign, vescovo di Bissau, a guidare il Consiglio nazionale di transizione voluto dai golpisti.
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From: MISNA , United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network, Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Politics]
Image: Guinea Bissau
09/16/2003 The bloodless military coup that deposed an elected president in one of the world's poorest countries is being welcomed by most people in Guinea-Bissau and neighboring countries, where President Kumba Yala was seen generally as a corrupt and authoritarian leader.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Democracy] [Governance] [Arms & Military]
09/16/2003 FREETOWN, Sep 15 (IPS) -- "The military of Guinea Bissau has taken this action because the government is abusing the constitution and seems incapable of resolving the country's mounting political and economic problems," says Verissimo Correia Seabre, the army General who led Sunday's coup.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Democracy] [Governance] [Arms & Military]
03/12/2003 A five-year support programme launched in Guinea-Bissau will focus on getting more girls into school. It will also cover child protection, nutritional health and primary education.
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From: Global March Against Child Labour
Related: [Education]
03/04/2003 The Guinea-Bissau government has permanently withdrawn the broadcast permit of Bombolom FM. The radio station was shut down on 13 February for an unspecified period, after an opposition politician criticised President Kumba Yala on the air.
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Related: [ICT]
02/24/2003 The Guinea-Bissau authorities have shut down private radio station Bombolom FM for an unspecified period, accusing the station of "threatening state security".
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Related: [ICT]
06/20/2002 Economic growth in least developed countries has increased from levels seen 10 years ago, but 13 countries led by Guinea-Bissau and the Solomon Islands had "regressing economies". In its Least Developed Countries 2002 Report, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, said Guinea-Bissau recorded a real per capita GDP growth of -7.5 percent in 1997-2000.
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Related: [Debt]
12/13/2001 A wave of arrests of former military personnel has followed an alleged coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related: [Human Rights] [Law]
Bolivians protesting against water privatisation
03/19/2001 A review of IMF loan policies in forty random countries reveals that, during 2000, IMF loan agreements in 12 countries included conditions imposing water privatization or full cost recovery. In general, it is African countries, and the smallest, poorest and most debt-ridden countries that are being subjected to IMF conditions on water privatization and full cost recovery.
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From: Africa Action
Related: [Angola] [Benin] [Ghana] [Niger] [Rwanda] [Sao Tome and Principe] [Senegal] [South Africa] [Tanzania ] [Debt]
Image: Bolivians protesting against water privatisation © Julie Plasencia / AP / The UNESCO Courier
03/15/2001 Three West African nations are expected this week to announce drastic action to save one of the world's richest marine environments from overfishing by European Union and other fishing fleets.
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From: Inter Press Service
Related: [Mauritania] [Senegal] [West Africa] [Fisheries]
12/18/2000 The World Bank and IMF agreed to support a debt relief package for Guinea-Bissau worth $790 million but more conditions need to be met before full assistance is delivered.
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From: World Bank
Related: [Debt]
11/29/2000 Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of members of Guinea Bissau's opposition party who were detained after an aborted army rebellion last week.
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From: Amnesty International UK
Related: [Human Rights] [Security]
11/28/2000 Euroopan vuosisatainen vuorovaikutus näkyy kaikilla aloilla läntisessä Afrikassa. Entinen kylmän sodan näyttämö pyrkii nyt irti sotilasdiktaattoreista ja köyhyydestä. Ankeat olot koettelevat kansalaisia piskuisesta Togosta mantereen jättiläiseen Nigeriaan. Tie demokratiaan on kuitenkin kivinen, eivätkä talousuudistukset ole kohentaneet kansalaisten arkea. Ilman valtioiden velkahelpotuksia uudistukset uhkaavat jäädä haaveiksi.
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Related: [Benin] [Gambia] [Ghana] [Guinea] [Cote d'Ivoire] [Mali] [Mauritania] [Nigeria] [Senegal] [Togo] [West Africa] [Democracy]
11/22/2000 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Guinea-Bissau is eligible for assistance under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).
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From: International Monetary Fund
06/01/2000 Human rights and media workers are being threatened and arrested in a new wave of harassment by authorities in Guinea-Bissau, says Amnesty International.
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From: Amnesty International (the Netherlands)
Related: [Human Rights] [Freedom of Expression] [Media]
05/21/1999 Outbursts of fighting in Guinea Bissau earlier this month pose a threat to the fragile peace deal agreed last year, say human rights campaigners.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related: [Conflict]
01/04/1999 A Togolese contingent was sent to Guinea Bissau at the end of last month to help monitor peace accords between the government and army mutineers in the former Portuguese colony.
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From: Inter Press Service
Related: [Peace]



 
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