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| Momodou |
Posted - 13 Apr 2012 : 11:28:29
Fate of Guinea-Bissau leaders unknown
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - The fate of Guinea-Bissau's civilian leaders was unknown early Friday after overnight attacks by soldiers who hurled grenades at the prime minister's home and sealed off the downtown area of the capital. Portugal, the former colonial ruler of the tiny African nation, appealed for the violence to stop and advised Portuguese citizens to say inside their homes, according ...
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| Momodou |
Posted - 30 May 2012 : 21:11:40
‘Ex-Guinea Bissau army chief, others in town’
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
 Former Guinea Bissau interior minister, armed forces and electoral commission chiefs, who all fled from Bissau after last month’s coup, arrived in The Gambia recently and are currently in the country, government officials confirmed yesterday.
Fernando Gomes, Jose Zamora Induta and Desejado Lima Da Costa respectively are currently in The Gambia, assistant superintendent Ba Ensa Jawara, spokesperson for the Gambia Immigration Department, told The Point.
Jawara, who spoke on behalf of the Immigration Department, declined to comment on when the Bissau-Guinean government officials arrived in The Gambia, and their whereabouts, citing security reasons.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 13 May 2012 : 22:06:46
Guinea-Bissau politician to head transitional govt
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - West Africa's regional bloc has named a politician in Guinea-Bissau to lead the transitional government after a coup. The group met earlier in the week in the West African nation and named Serifo Nhamadjo to the post for one year. He was among a group of presidential candidates who called for a March poll to be annulled, claiming fraud. Guinea-Bissau was just weeks awa...
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 10 May 2012 : 12:16:51
Unfortunately the last paragraph says it all:
"ECOWAS!!! Your BUT, is you have military-turned civilians at the helm of your peaceful negotiations with the recent juntas in Mali and Guinea Bissau.
A kettle cannot call a pot you are black. You have a point but you miss the solution."
The last sentence may confuse you, here is the correct wording and explanation 
"Pot Calling the Kettle Black .
An expression that is said when one accuses another person of that which they are equally guilty of.
Many years ago, people used to cook over an open flame using copper kettles and iron pots. The copper kettles were usually polished after every use whereas the iron pots were not and remained blackened from the soot from previous cookings. Well someone got the idea that if the iron pot were alive and it looked at a nearby copper kettle, it would see a black image. The iron pot believes it sees the image of the copper kettle when in reality, because the copper kettle was polished, what the iron pot was seeing was a reflection of itself. This symbolic phrase became associated with hypocrisy. An accuser blames someone else for having a fault when the accuser has the same fault."
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Originally posted by kobo
THE DAILY NEWS;
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| kobo |
Posted - 10 May 2012 : 00:44:10
THE DAILY NEWS;
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| kobo |
Posted - 09 May 2012 : 00:22:14
FOROYAA NEWS EDITORIAL;
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| kobo |
Posted - 02 May 2012 : 23:05:52
THE POINT NEWS;
DAILY OBSERVER NEWS;
FOROYAA NEWS EDITORIAL;
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 30 Apr 2012 : 16:49:40
More comment on this fascinating small country and their ramshackle political system from The Daily News.
http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/whats-going-on-in-guinea-bissau |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 28 Apr 2012 : 11:53:41
Some sensible movement here,I hope it works,its good to see :"
The future transition government, "will be a government of technocrats and neutral personalities who will have to oversee a transition period of 12 months"
Note, NO politicians involved at this stage,that will save so much time in argueing about unnecessary stuff before decisions are made 
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| Momodou |
Posted - 28 Apr 2012 : 09:39:58
Guinea-Bissau army releases former leaders
Military frees both leaders and agrees to a one year transition plan as prescribed by West African regional bloc.
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| kobo |
Posted - 27 Apr 2012 : 22:31:32
"President Jammeh posited that they do hope that the junta will not lose this chance, because as he puts it, there are so many things lined up for them. One of these, he said, is that “Ecowas will invite the International Criminal Court (ICC) to make a thorough investigation of all the assassinations, murders, coups and attempted coups including also drug dealing so that anybody found wanting would be taken to the international court of justice”. “But they can avoid that by negotiating with Ecowas and comply with its resolution and then we solve the problem peacefully,” he asserted." MORE FROM DAILY OBSERVER Ecowas gives 72hrs ultimatum to Bissau Junta 
ALSO LATEST BBC NEWS;
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 20 Apr 2012 : 12:59:51
"the World Bank and African Development Bank suspended millions of dollars in aid to Guinea-Bissau."
Hmmmmmmmmm.......................How can I get at this? ,they maybe thinking
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| Momodou |
Posted - 20 Apr 2012 : 10:40:00
Guinea-Bissau: World community condemns transition
Union of West African states Ecowas, the African Union and other powers have condemned an "illegal" deal to transfer power in Guinea-Bissau.
The AU's Jean Ping said the agreement was a vain attempt to legitimise last week's military coup and demanded the restoration of constitutional order.
Meanwhile the World Bank and African Development Bank suspended millions of dollars in aid to Guinea-Bissau.
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| Karamba |
Posted - 19 Apr 2012 : 22:31:27
These military terrorists in Guinea Bissau will end up misbehaving like Yahya Jammeh in Gambia. It was a two year transition for return to civilian that Yahya Jammeh eventually robbed Gambian people with his bogus development. These Guinea Bissau bandits will kill like Jammeh and to impose their dictates on the people.
This is so disgusting to think about. Shame to all forms of military self perpetuation. Shame to Gambia. Shame on Yahya Jammeh. |
| sab |
Posted - 19 Apr 2012 : 22:23:14
Same as in The Gambia in 94 then... |
| Momodou |
Posted - 19 Apr 2012 : 22:13:20
Guinea-Bissau junta gives 2-year timeframe
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - The military junta that seized power in Guinea-Bissau last week is now proposing a two-year timeframe for organizing new elections, a lengthy process unlikely to appease the international community and regional mediators. The accord was signed late Wednesday without the participation of the country's ruling party, though a number of opposition parties backed the accord...
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