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Coronavirus: UNICEF Guinea-Bissau - COVID-19 Situation Report
Download logo Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs As of 29 May, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 1,256 with 42 patients who have recovered and 8 deaths, thus bringing the number of active cases to 1,206. Male...
Coronavirus - UNICEF Guinea-Bissau: COVID-19 Situation Report #07
Download logo Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs As of 22 May, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 1,114 with 42 patients who have recovered and 6 deaths, thus bringing the number of active cases to 1,066. Male (68%)...
Coronavirus - UNICEF Guinea-Bissau: COVID-19 Situation Report – #03, 18-24 April 2020
Download logo Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs As of 23 April, there are a total of 52 confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in GuineaBissau, from which 35 are male (62%) and 17 are female (38%). Most confirmed cases are in the capital,...
Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau
Download logo The Secretary-General is following with concern the institutional crisis in Guinea-Bissau provoked by the ongoing electoral dispute. The Secretary-General encourages all stakeholders to await the decision of the Supreme Court of...
Guinea Bissau's defeated candidate asks for country's follow up
Luanda, ANGOLA, February 26 - The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, received today (Wednesday), in Luanda, the defeated candidate of the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, Domingos Simões Pereira, who requested from Angola the...
Owner: Angolan Government
$38M Cashew Value Chain Project for The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau Launched
Download logo The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food For Progress (FFPr) Regional Cashew Value Chain Project is implementing a $38 million, six-year project in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau which will enhance the...
Guinea-Bissau : Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release and Staff Report
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Publication Date: July 20, 2017 Electronic Access: Free Full text (PDF file size is 847 KB).Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: The economic recovery continues,...
Owner: United Nations
SRSG Ibn Chambas Commends the Successful Conduct of the Presidential Election in Guinea-Bissau and Urges Party Supporters to Continue to Show Maturity
Download logo Following a three-day visit to Guinea Bissau conducted from 28 to 31 December, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas,...
Trump is scheduled to host five African leaders in Washington
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump is slated to hold talks with the presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal in Washington, D.C., from July 9 to 11, according to a news report. If this meeting proceeds as planned, it...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Angola condemns change to constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
Luanda, ANGOLA, November 7 - Angola has condemned any alteration of the constitutional order established in Guinea-Bissau, considering the Government led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes the only legitimate one supported by the people's will.,...
Owner: Angolan Government
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Guinea-Bissau
Download logo The Secretary-General is following with serious concern the unfolding developments in Guinea-Bissau following the decrees issued on 28 and 29 October by President José Mario Vaz dismissing the Government and appointing a new Prime...
Press Release Regarding the Visit of H.E. Mrs. Suzi Carla Barbosa Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities of Guinea Bissau, to Turkey
Download logo H.E. Mrs. Suzi C. Barbosa Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities of Guinea Bissau will pay a visit to Turkey on 27-29 October 2019. This first visit at the level of Foreign Minister from Guinea Bisssau to Turkey will provide the...
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Press Statement on the situation in Guinea-Bissau
Download logo The Special Representative of the Secretary General in Guinea-Bissau and Head of UNIOGBIS, Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, briefed the members of the Security Council on 10 October 2019 on the political situation and the current electoral...
Secretary-General appoints Mamadou Diallo of Guinea Deputy special representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau
Download logo United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Mamadou Diallo of Guinea as his new Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)....
Towards the Sustainable Reintegration of Returned Migrants: Cash for Work activities in Guinea Bissau
Soil erosion is but one of many environmental threats that dramatically impact the rural economy in Guinea-Bissau. It’s part of a range of push factors behind internal and external migration in the impoverished West African nation. Guinea-Bissau...
HYDROPONIC FARMING AND FISH FARMS FOR GUINEA-BISSAU, VALUED AT OVER $150,000,000 USD
BISSAU, GREATER BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU, May 28, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE HYDROPONIC FARMING AND FISH FARMS FOR GUINEA-BISSAU, VALUED AT OVER $150,000,000 USD FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, THE AMBASSADOR TIVOLI, AUTHORIZED...
Secretary-General appoints Rosine Sori-Coulibaly of Burkina Faso as his Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau
Download logo United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Rosine Sori-Coulibaly of Burkina Faso as his new Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding...
UN Security Council Press Statement on the Situation in Guinea-Bissau
Download logo The Members of the Security Council noted the Bissau-Guinean political leaders’ recent compromise leading to the appointment of a new Prime Minister and setting the date of the presidential election on 24 November 2019. The members...
Angola appeals for nomination of a Prime Minister in Guinea Bissau
Luanda, ANGOLA, June 12 - Angola urged on Tuesday the authorities of Guinea Bissau, in special the president of the republic, José Mário Vaz, to appoint a prime minister, in line with the results of the parliamentary elections. , In a message...
Owner: Angolan Government
The Legislative Elections in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi OSUGA)
Download logo Japan welcomes the fact that the voting for the legislative elections in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau took place on March 10th in a peaceful manner and that the provisional results were announced. Japan considers these elections as...