The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) is to close its mission in Bissau on 31 December, 21 years after the first such office was first created, amid …
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Guinea-BissauPoliticsPortugal
Guinea Bissau: Portuguese prime minister to make state visit before Christmas
The Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, is making an official visit to Guinea Bissau between 19 and 20 December, the office of the head of the Guinean government, Nuno Gomes …
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US imposes visa restrictions on four Portuguese-speaking countries
Entry guarantees can reach US $ 15,000 The citizens of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe will have to pay a guarantee of between five thousand and …
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President of Guinea-Bissau received by Marcelo defends “special partnership” with Portugal
by Rute CoelhoToday Sissoco Embaló started an official visit to Portugal. At the end of the meeting with his counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at the Palace of Belém, in Lisbon, the …
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IMF forgives debt of Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome for another six months
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second six-month installment of debt service relief for 28 of the world’s poorest countries. These include Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and …
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Africa exceeds 1.5 million cases of infection
by Rute CoelhoThe black continent has exceeded 1.5 million infected with covid-19 in the last 24 hours and recorded an additional 110 deaths, bringing the number of deaths to 36,614, according to …
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New Portuguese ambassador in Bissau committed to improving “excellent” relations
The new Portuguese ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, José Rui Caroço, today presented the credential letters to the Guinean President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló. “I had the opportunity to reiterate the commitment of …
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres admitted the possibility of imposing sanctions on people who are disturbing the constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau and called for the creation of a group of experts …
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Guinea will create a Constitutional Court that will empower the President of the Republic
by Rute CoelhoGuinea-Bissau’s constitutional revision project proposal provides for the creation of a Constitutional Court, which will empower the President of the Republic In the draft revision of the Constitution of Guinea-Bissau, …
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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 …