Guinea Bissau, Africa

The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde or PAIGC has won a majority in Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary elections, which...

After more than six months of battling cholera in Guinea-Bissau the epidemic is now under control health officials say, though they admit they have...

UN and other international observers say they are cautiously optimistic ahead of Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary elections set for 16 November, while...

Working with the Red Cross Society of Guinea-Bissau, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun a series of aid distributions near...

According to studies carried out in 2003 in Senegal, most of the 120,000 children begging in the street of Dakar (Senegal) were from Guinea Bissau. ...

Child trafficking from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal is on the decline, partly due to better collaboration among local residents, civil society groups and...

The cholera epidemic is still out of control across Guinea-Bissau, with the number of cases doubling in the past three weeks, bringing the total...

Hundreds of public sector workers across Guinea-Bissau, including nurses, doctors and civil servants, are striking over salary arrears, leaving basic...

International experts say the UN’s consideration of creating a sanctions panel so close to next month’s scheduled legislative elections could...

With 6,461 cholera cases and 122 deaths, experts say the cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau is out of control. The number of reported cases has...