Guinea will create a Constitutional Court that will empower the President of the Republic
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 31/08/2020
Guinea-Bissau converts Koranic schools into madrassas
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 26/08/2020
The Government of Guinea-Bissau is going to start this year a baccalaureate course in Arabic to convert Quranic schools, teaching Islam, into madrassas, educational establishments where students acquire other skills besides religion.
The Arabic language baccalaureate…
Judge orders transport minister's arrest for disobedience
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 25/08/2020
A judge in Guinea-Bissauhasordered the arrest of the country’sminister oftransport andtelecommunications, Jorge Mandinga, on suspicion of obstruction of law enforcement in a case concerning the seizure of a Maersk Line company ship.
In…
Committee against harmful practices in women and children regrets lack of support from justice
Lusa - Guinea Bissau - 19/08/2020
Fatumata Djau Baldé, chairwoman of the committee for the abandonment of practices harmful to the health of women and children in Guinea-Bissau, lamented the lack of support from the courts in combating forced marriage or violence against minors.
Speaking to Lusa…
Fumukaba project distinguished with the national Energy Globe Award
Plataforma - Macau - 28/07/2020
The Fumukaba project, originating in Guinea-Bissau with a focus on sustainable development and preservation of the environment, was recognized by the current environmental prize with the greatest value worldwide.
The Fumukaba Project – “Project for the development…
Guinea-Bissau PR promises to "talk to American friends" to lift embargo on Cuba
Lusa - Portugal - 01/07/2020
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, said today that he will speak to “American friends” to ask for the lifting of the embargo against Cuba, which, he said, must end.
“As President of Guinea-Bissau, I will speak with American friends to end…
The member of the central committee of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) Armando Correia Dias was arrested today in Bissau, a source from that political background in Guinea-Bissau told Lusa.
Armando Correia Dias, also a Guinean…
Guinean hospital regrets "preventable death" of young man for lack of oxygen
TSF - Portugal - 12/06/2020
Guinea-Bissau has the most covid-19 infections, with 1,389 cases, registering 12 deaths.
The director of the hospital in Cumura, on the outskirts of Bissau, Jamila Bathy, lamented the “avoidable and unnecessary death” of a 22-year-old girl due to lack of oxygen in…
PAIGC leader: “I am working abroad”
Jornal de Angola - 08/06/2020
The president of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Domingos Simões Pereira, said that he did not run away from Guinea-Bissau and that, at the moment, he would have little scope to work in the country.
“I hear a lot of people…
President Embaló says there is corruption in the Supreme Court of Justice
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 03/06/2020
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, said that there is corruption in the Supreme Court of Justice and that anyone who wants to do politics should join the political parties.
“There is corruption in Guinea-Bissau’s highest court of justice…
Pandemic leaves economy in tatters
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 01/06/2020
The Guinean economist Santos Fernandes said on Monday that the pandemic of the new coronavirus has caused chaos in Guinea-Bissau’s economy and support will be needed because the private sector is struggling.
“The pandemic has caused some chaos at the economic…
