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20231
- BISSAU, September 12, 2023 - Strengthening the pension system, improving health sector outcomes, and enhancing the performance of the electricity sector are key to consolidating fiscal space in Guinea-Bissau and accelerating development. (worldbank.org)
Africa3
- República da Guiné-Bissau [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ ðɐ ɣiˈnɛ βiˈsaw] ), is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,026,778. (wikipedia.org)
- This important piece of legislation is the first step to combat the serious problem of child trafficking from Guinea-Bissau," said Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. (hrw.org)
- Guinea-Bissau , officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau , is one of the smallest nations in continental Africa . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Equatorial Guinea1
- Not to be confused with Guinea , Equatorial Guinea , Western New Guinea , or Papua New Guinea . (wikipedia.org)
20221
- FILE PHOTO: Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks at the Peace Forum in Paris, France November 11, 2022. (thestar.com.my)
PAIGC3
- It was ruled by the democratically elected President Jose Mario Vaz of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde (PAIGC) and his appointed prime minister, Umaro Sissoco Embalo. (state.gov)
- The new regime would exclude the toppled African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which has led the country for almost 10 years. (modernghana.com)
- In the previous parliament, the main opposition party, The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), held the majority. (woodtv.com)
Search1
- Results of search for 'su:{Guinea-Bissau. (who.int)
Senegal7
- It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast . (wikipedia.org)
- The draft law, which the Assembly recently placed on its agenda for its October-November session, would empower police, judicial officials, and civil society to improve protection of the country's children, thousands of whom are trafficked from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal and other countries each year. (hrw.org)
- Human Rights Watch documented in an April 2010 report how each year thousands of boys are brought north from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal by their teachers or an intermediary, purportedly to study in daaras, or residential Quranic schools. (hrw.org)
- In each of the two main border regions in eastern Guinea-Bissau, police and border officials have only one car and one motorbike to monitor a combined 250-kilometer stretch of border with Senegal and Guinea-Conakry. (hrw.org)
- Guinea-Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north, Guinea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its west. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- Most Bassari are concentrated on either side of the Senegal-Guinea border, with several hundred in Guinea-Bissau. (joshuaproject.net)
- There are a number of Christian believers among the Bassari living in Senegal and Guinea. (joshuaproject.net)
Country's7
- [13] Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recognised in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau , was added to the country's name to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guinea ). (wikipedia.org)
- The draft law would harmonize domestic law with the country's international obligations, including the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, which Guinea-Bissau ratified in 2007. (hrw.org)
- Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's official name in order to prevent confusion with the Republic of Guinea . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- The country's scattered Atlantic islands and mangrove mazes are a draw for tourists but also cocaine traffickers en route from South America to Europe. (thestar.com.my)
- The Guinea-Bissau Public Expenditure Review examines the efficiency and effectiveness of public expenditure and revenue mobilization and identifies opportunities to increase the country's fiscal space. (worldbank.org)
- BISSAU, Guinea Bissau (AP) - A coalition of opposition groups won a majority of seats in Guinea Bissau's parliament, beating the ruling party in the country's first legislative elections since the president dissolved the National People's Assembly more than a year ago, according to results announced Thursday. (woodtv.com)
- While conducting a malaria study in Guinea-Bissau, Inhane did just that, helping to identify the country's first four cases of Zika virus infection. (cdc.gov)
Ethiopia1
- Epidemiological survey of needs and activities of local health units related to the Catholic Church : Benin, Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, data referring to 1987. (who.int)
Country10
- Guinea-Bissau, a West African country of 1.5 million people, currently has no law against human trafficking. (hrw.org)
- Guinea-Bissau's National Assembly would finally send the right signal to human traffickers that the country intends to protect its children. (hrw.org)
- SOS Talibé Children ( SOS Crianças Talibés ) and the Association of the Friends of Children ( Associação dos Amigos da Criança ) are both Guinea-Bissau-based child-assistance organizations with operations across the country. (hrw.org)
- Regional diplomats say the army's brief arrest of Guinea-Bissau's prime minister reinforces the need for security sector reform in a country with a long history of military intervention in civilian politics. (voanews.com)
- BISSAU (AFP) - Guinea-Bissau's opposition vowed on Sunday to quickly reach a power-sharing deal with the junta that seized power in the latest coup to shake the notoriously unstable west African country. (modernghana.com)
- The Government of Guinea-Bissau is committed to fiscal consolidation, and this new Public Expenditure Review intends to support this objective as part of the World Bank's continued engagement on fiscal policy issues and commitment to sustainable development in the country. (worldbank.org)
- To increase the number of surveillance officers in the country, Guinea-Bissau's FETP-Frontline program was launched in March 2016. (cdc.gov)
- Through a national consultation process, Voz di Paz engaged over 6,000 Bissau-Guineans to identify the main obstacles to lasting peace in the country. (interpeace.org)
- For more information about the Guinea-Bissau country-programme, please contact the Programme Manager. (interpeace.org)
- It is up to the people of Guinea Bissau not to turn their country into a political pariah. (thepoint.gm)
Inhane2
- A graduate of Guinea-Bissau's Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP-Frontline), Inhane was studying severe cases of malaria in the Bijagos region, where he is responsible for surveillance. (cdc.gov)
- Disease detective Victor Inhane conducts Zika case investigation in a Guinea-Bissau community. (cdc.gov)
World's2
- After a protracted war for independence, then decades of socialist and authoritarian rule and a civil war, Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries, with more than two-thirds of its population living below the poverty line. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- Taking advantage of the archipelago's coastline and lack of any meaningful oversight, the South American, Nigerian and Asian drug gangs have all conspired to turn Guinea-Bissau into the world's first narco-state. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
Officials2
- BISSAU,GUINEA-BISSAU (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians and missionaries were among those anxiously looking to the future of Guinea-Bissau Monday, March 2, as officials confirmed that President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed, hours after the West African nation's armed forces chief died in a bomb blast. (bosnewslife.com)
- A team of technical experts from the Banque central des états de l'Afrique de l'ouest (BCEAO, the regional central bank) trained senior officials from the Banco Central de Guiné-Bissau (BCGB) in the management and accounting methods required by UEMOA (the monetary union of the West African subregion of the Franc Zone). (nationsencyclopedia.com)
Independence4
- Guinea-Bissau has a history of political instability since independence. (wikipedia.org)
- President Sanha campaigned on the need to reform Guinea-Bissau's military which still contains many of those who fought for independence from Portuguese colonialism 36 years ago and now refuse to retire because a small military pension would leave them in poverty. (voanews.com)
- Since independence in 1974, Guinea-Bissau's army and state have remained in constant conflict, and no president has ever completed a full term in office. (modernghana.com)
- Guinea-Bissau is a small nation that gained independence from Portugal nearly five decades ago. (woodtv.com)
Zika5
- With Zika now on Guinea-Bissau's radar, the government has been working to improve its own laboratory capacity. (cdc.gov)
- An emergency operations center has already been established in Guinea-Bissau, and a contingency plan for a national response to Zika has been developed. (cdc.gov)
- Since March 2016, CDC has been collaborating with Guinea-Bissau's National Institute of Public Health to support its ability to quickly identify and track infectious diseases like Zika. (cdc.gov)
- The curious mind of an FETP graduate conducting a malaria study helped identify the first four cases of Zika in Guinea-Bissau. (cdc.gov)
- He helped put Zika on Guinea-Bissau's radar. (cdc.gov)
Gambia1
- Sadio's group had been based in southern Casamance near Guinea-Bissau but has since fled to northern Casamance near The Gambia. (globalsecurity.org)
Instability3
- With a small population of around 2 million and economic activity centered on the production and sale of unprocessed cashew nuts, Guinea-Bissau is beset by political instability and high rates of extreme poverty and vulnerability. (worldbank.org)
- Bissau-Guineans identified the lack of effective state institutions, political and institutional instability, poor administration of justice, social exclusion and a weak culture of dialogue as some of the root causes of conflict . (interpeace.org)
- She said: "We should all be concerned about the instability, the state of democracy and human rights in Guinea Bissau. (thepoint.gm)
Fula1
- The Balanta people who today live along the southern coast are probably the group that has been in Guinea-Bissau the longest, later joined by Mandinga and Fula. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Mali3
- Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Kaabu , [11] as well as part of the Mali Empire . (wikipedia.org)
- Part of present-day Guinea-Bissau was included in the Sahelian Mali Empire , which flourished between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- Enquête épidémiologique sur les besoins et les activités des centres de santé reliés à l' église catholique : Benin, Ethiopie, Guinée Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, données de 1987. (who.int)
Portuguese Guinea1
- In the 19th century, it was colonised as Portuguese Guinea . (wikipedia.org)
Refugees2
- SAO DOMINGOS, 22 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - Senegalese refugees in Guinea-Bissau who had recently returned to their homes in Senegal's Casamance region on Monday were fleeing back across the border following four days of fighting. (globalsecurity.org)
- In recent months, thousands of Senegalese refugees who had been in Guinea-Bissau for up to 10 years started returning to their villages in the Casamance following signs that the 2004 peace agreement between the Senegalese army and two factions of rebel Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) was holding. (globalsecurity.org)
Countries3
- Guinea-Bissau is a member of the United Nations , African Union , Economic Community of West African States , Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Community of Portuguese Language Countries , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , and the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone , and was a member of the now-defunct Latin Union . (wikipedia.org)
- Trafficking between Guinea-Bissau and neighboring countries may also occur under other circumstances, including taking children to work in cotton or cashew fields, and transporting women to be forced into sexual exploitation. (hrw.org)
- The first investment bank in Guinea-Bissau, Banco Africano Ocidentale (BAO), was established in the first quarter of 1997 with joint Portuguese and Guinea-Bissau capital, and became the countries first commercial bank in 2001. (nationsencyclopedia.com)
Dakar1
- Dakar) - Guinea-Bissau's National Assembly should act quickly to pass a law criminalizing human trafficking, Human Rights Watch, SOS Talibé Children, and the Association of the Friends of Children said today. (hrw.org)
Programme3
- Interpeace's programme in Guinea-Bissau, implemented together with local partner Voz di Paz, aims to stimulate citizen engagement for good governance and peacebuilding, with a special focus on the most excluded groups of society. (interpeace.org)
- These data summarize vaccine introduction status in Guinea-Bissau's in the national immunization programme. (who.int)
- Extensive rural development : an evaluation of the Zone-I programme in Guinea-Bissau / by Jan Olsson, Lars Smedman, Göran Widerström. (who.int)
Officially1
- [12] The Bissagos , islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, were officially conquered in 1936, ensuring Portuguese control of both the mainland and islands of the region. (wikipedia.org)
Troops5
- There was heavy fighting with a large number of Senegalese and Moroccan troops coming into our village and we didn't feel safe anymore," said Matar Badji, who arrived with 30 family members in the Guinea-Bissau village of Ndindjim, 5km from the border. (globalsecurity.org)
- On Friday Guinea-Bissau sent at least two truckloads of troops to the border area. (globalsecurity.org)
- Guinea-Bissau's chief army commander of the northern military region, Col. Antonio Indjai, told IRIN on Monday that the troops were there to reinforce the border. (globalsecurity.org)
- When Senegalese troops entered Guinea-Bissau in 1998 to support the government during a brief civil war, thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands displaced. (globalsecurity.org)
- The coup leaders announced Saturday that they had reached an agreement with Angola, another former Portuguese colony, on the departure of its troops stationed in Bissau and a member of Angola's force confirmed to AFP that the soldiers were waiting for transport home. (modernghana.com)
Decades1
- For the last two decades, Guinea-Bissau has experienced major political turmoil, with successive coups and recurrent confrontations between political authorities and the military and within the political sphere. (interpeace.org)
Data supplied1
- The climate guide for Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) shows long term monthly weather averages processed from data supplied by CRU (University of East Anglia) , the Met Office & the Netherlands Meteorological Institute . (weather2travel.com)
Persons1
- We recommend that you look at the detailed regulations and obtain independent legal advice when making decisions about dealings with persons from Guinea-Bissau. (mfat.govt.nz)
19932
- POILÃO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau - Castro Barbosa's eyes still light up when he recalls the first time he saw a sea turtle, in 1993. (mongabay.com)
- Guinée-Bissau : co-opération au développement, rapport 1993. (who.int)
Dialogue1
- In this respect, it is important to state the admonition of The Gambia's Vice President to the political actors in Guinea Bissau who are in Banjul for dialogue on how to conduct a credible election that will usher in an era of peace and harmony in Guinea Bissau. (thepoint.gm)
Consequences2
- At present, traffickers from Guinea-Bissau face minimal consequences, if any. (hrw.org)
- If Guinea Bissau is allowed to be a failed state, the consequences for the sub region would be incalculable. (thepoint.gm)
People3
- Like most of the people in Guinea-Bissau, the Bassari are farmers. (joshuaproject.net)
- This world meeting planner allows you to choose the date for your meeting and the locations (including Guinea-Bissau) of the people attending. (worldtimeserver.com)
- It is our wish the people of Guinea Bissau get it right once and for all. (thepoint.gm)
Prime Minister1
- Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. was only under house arrest for a few hours Thursday, but the move against him has re-ignited concerns about the army's role in Guinea-Bissau's political life. (voanews.com)
Year4
- Since 2014, Guinea-Bissau Cereals Harvested Area increased 6.9% year on year. (nationmaster.com)
- Child trafficking is a serious problem, which appears to be growing in Guinea-Bissau, where thousands of children are moved each year both internally and across borders for the purpose of exploitation, including for agricultural labor and forced begging. (hrw.org)
- BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday in local elections as voters seek stability more than a year after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved parliament over accusations of corruption. (thestar.com.my)
- Check climate guides for Guinea-Bissau showing average temperature, rainfall & sunshine figures for each month of the year. (weather2travel.com)
Republic1
- Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. (state.gov)
United Nations1
- New Zealand implements the UN Security Council's sanctions concerning Guinea-Bissau through the United Nations Sanctions (Guinea-Bissau) Regulations 2012. (mfat.govt.nz)
Government2
- A legitimate civilian government, economic improvement and an army that has lost credibility are an opportunity for Guinea-Bissau. (crisisgroup.org)
- Since 2015 UN-Habitat provides technical assistance to the national and local government of Guinea-Bissau on Policies, Plans and Strategies related to Housing, Sustainable Urban Development, Slum Upgrading and Urban Resilience for climate change. (unhabitat.org)
Time5
- Phases of the Moon are calculated using local time in Bissau . (timeanddate.com)
- COBIANA, Guinea Bissau - He remembers the first time he heard the voice of Mama Djombo. (mongabay.com)
- Planning an online chat, conference call or videoconference with participants in Guinea-Bissau and around the globe can be difficult, especially when you need to find a time in the day when everyone is in their business hours! (worldtimeserver.com)
- It's a goal they won't soon forget, especially if Guinea-Bissau secure an important point against the four-time AFCON champions. (foxsports.com)
- Vaccine introduction status in Guinea-Bissau over time. (who.int)
National5
- However, Guinea-Bissau Creole , a Portuguese-based creole , is the national language and also considered the language of unity. (wikipedia.org)
- A new study published in Conservation and Society explores the views toward conservation held by women living inside Cantanhez Forest National Park in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau. (mongabay.com)
- Police arrive at the National Assembly in Bissau. (modernghana.com)
- Organizations of the Civil Society, such as the National Youth Council (CNJ) and the Network of National Youth Associations (RENAJ), have been actively participating in UN-Habitat's activities in Guinea-Bissau. (unhabitat.org)
- The regional body ECOWAS should be especially awake to the happenings in Guinea Bissau and nip any threat to national security and peace in the bud. (thepoint.gm)
Political1
- Guinea Bissau is no stranger to political violence. (thepoint.gm)
Area1
- 4 According to oral tradition, the Kingdom of Bissau was founded by the son of the king of Quinara (Guinala) who moved to the area with his pregnant sister, six wives, and subjects of his father's kingdom. (wikipedia.org)
Select1
- Select up to eight locations (including Guinea-Bissau) where participants for your meeting or conference call are located. (worldtimeserver.com)