Guinea Bissau, Africa

Cholera which first broke out in Guinea Bissau in May in the southern region of Tombali has now broken out in the capital Bissau killing four people...

In a sign that rule of law is not properly functioning in Guinea Bissau, two policemen from different branches of the country’s police force were...

The Portuguese version of UNICEF’s annual flagship report The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child Survival was launched on 20 March in Guinea...

This outer island in Guinea Bissau’s remote Bajago Archipelago is one of the most beautiful. The 283 inhabitants are mostly penniless but they have...

Of the many species of wild birds and animals that inhabit the 88 Bijago islands spread over more than 10,000sqkm none is more sacred than the...

This tiny impoverished nation has developed a new industry in the last few years, becoming a major transhipment point for drugs between South America...

Saico Djau is a very frustrated laboratory technician and HIV counsellor. After testing people for HIV and informing them of their status there is...

Saico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second...

The Gambian team has been awarded the fair play trophy in the just concluded Amilcar Cabral Zone II tournament held in Guinea Bissau. This was...

The Gambia have been awarded the Fair Play trophy in the recently concluded Zone II football tournament played in Guinea Bissau,...