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Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone Prediction and Betting Tips | 4th September 2025
Sportskeeda
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September 3, 2025
Guinea-Bissau host Sierra Leone at the Estádio 24 de Setembro on Thursday in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Ranked 131st in the world, the Djurtus are currently trailing in fifth place of Group A with only six points from as many games. Their...
50 Bissau-Guinean students receive scholarships from Chinese embassy
The Malaysian Star
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September 3, 2025
BISSAU, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Yang Renhuo on Wednesday awarded the "Ambassador Scholarship" to 50 students at Kwame N'Krumah National Secondary School in Bissau, the West African country's capital. The ceremony...
Sheikh Mohamed discusses ties with President of Guinea-Bissau
The National News
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President Sheikh Mohamed on Tuesday met Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau, at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi. The two leaders explored opportunities to strengthen co-operation between the UAE and Guinea-Bissau across fields such as the...
Presidents of UAE, Guinea-Bissau discuss bilateral ties
Gulf News
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During the meeting at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, the two leaders explored opportunities to strengthen cooperation between the UAE and Guinea-Bissau across various fields, particularly in the economic, trade, and development sectors, in a manner...
UAE, Guinea-Bissau Presidents discuss bilateral cooperation
Sharjah24
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Strengthening economic and development ties During their meeting at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Umaro Sissoco Embaló discussed ways to deepen cooperation between the UAE and...
Bissau students detained at Lisbon airport due to lack of documents
Portugal Pulse
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August 31, 2025
Eliseu Sambú, coordinator of the communication department at AEGBL, stated that students are being prevented from entering due to the lack of a document, a “statement of responsibility,” which serves as proof that someone will be receiving the...
Turkish Airlines to Expand West Africa Network with New Flights to Bissau
Rus Tourism News
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September 1, 2025
Turkish Airlines is set to broaden its presence in West Africa by adding Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, to its growing route network. While flight dates, frequencies, and aircraft details are yet to be confirmed, the airline’s board of...
Guinea-Bissau cracks down on foreign media as elections near
Deutsche Welle
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August 29, 2025
When Portuguese public broadcasters RTP and RDP, and the news agency Lusa, were suddenly blocked in Guinea-Bissau on August 15, one of the first to feel the effects was Indira Correia Balde. "It started when our colleague Fatima Tchuma Camara, a...
What do two recent incidents reveal about Guinea-Bissau’s cocaine politics?
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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August 29, 2025
Guinea-Bissau has long been a central cog in the international cocaine trafficking system. Between 2005 and 2007, consignments of cocaine that had washed up on the country’s beaches was used to paint buildings by bemused fishermen who had chanced...
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Supports Cabo Verde And Guinea-Bissau In Domestication And Implementation Of Community Fiscal Directives
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ABUJA, Nigeria, August 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Customs Union and Taxation, conducted consultative missions to Cabo Verde and...
ECOWAS supports Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau in domestication, implantation of Community fiscal directives
Realnews Magazine
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August 28, 2025
Africa THE Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, through its Directorate of Customs Union and Taxation, conducted consultative missions to Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau from 16 to 23 August 2025 to follow up on the domestication and...
President Ruto accepts credentials of 9 envoys, pledges to advance mutual interests
Citizen TV Kenya
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September 3, 2025
President William Ruto meets with nine envoys at State House on September 3, 2025. Photo/PCS Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto has received and accepted the credentials of nine envoys beginning their tour of duty in Kenya. at State House,...
ECOWAS Advances Fiscal Integration in Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau
News Ghana
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August 28, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States has completed assessment missions to Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau, evaluating progress on regional tax harmonization efforts that could reshape fiscal policies across the 12-member bloc. ECOWAS...
Chinese ambassador awards scholarship to students in Guinea-Bissau
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Yang Renhuo on Thursday awarded the "Ambassador Scholarship" to students at the Tchico Te Higher Normal School in the West African country. The ceremony was also attended by the...
What Caused Botswana’s Public Health Emergency?
Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Botswana, a global leader in tackling HIV/AIDS, declares a public health emergency; China reroutes its exports to African nations; and radical left-wing South African politician...
Nigeria News43 minutes ago Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister Collapses, Hospitalised The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Braima Camara, was on Tuesday rushed to hospital in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during an official ceremony. Naija News…
Naija News
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August 27, 2025
Naija News reports that Camara, 57, who was appointed prime minister in early August, slumped while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was delivering a speech at the presidential palace. According to eyewitnesses who spoke with AFP on the incident,...
Guinea Bissau PM in Senegal hospital after sudden collapse
Punch
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August 26, 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister was hospitalised in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during a speech by his West African country’s president, a source close to his office told AFP. Braima Camara, 57, was named to the post in early August....
HRC60: Key issues on agenda of the September 2025 session
International Service for Human Rights
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September 3, 2025
The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 60th regular session at Palais des Nations in Geneva from 8 September to 8 October 2025. Stay up-to-date: Follow @ISHRglobal and #HRC60 on X and @ishr.ch on BlueSky, and look out for our Human Rights...
Oceanographic, environmental science summer school launched
University World News
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AFRICA Universities in countries in the Gulf of Guinea, working with international partners, have launched the Gulf of Guinea Ocean Sciences Summer School dedicated to oceanographic and environmental studies for students and early-career...
Guinea-bissau Shuts Down 2 Portuguese Media Outlets, Expels Their Journalists
The Nigerian Voice
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By Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Guinea-Bissau to rescind an August 15 order effectively suspending the work of the Portuguese state-owned news outlets LUSA...