[SPS]Birlehlu -The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent a letter of congratulations to the new President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, HE José Vaz who Marios, who won the elections of May 18, wishing him every success....
[MAP]Rabat -HM King Mohammed VI sent a congratulation letter to José Mario Vaz on the occasion of his election as president of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau....
[State Department]Statement by Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson,on Presidential Elections in Guinea-Bissau...
[World Bank]The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved an US$8.2 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA)* to help Guinea-Bissau create jobs and combat food insecurity and poverty by expanding the country's cashew agribusiness, increasing the supply of rice production, and supporting entrepreneurship in other sectors of the economy....
[Chatham House]Guinea Bissau's recent elections hold the promise of bringing to an end a long period of instability. The country's imperative tasks are now to build an inclusive government, to reign in its military and to re-engage with the international community....
[Deutsche Welle]Jose Mario Vaz has won the presidential run-off election in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau. However, his opponent has said he would not accept the result....
[VOA]Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission says Jose Mario Vaz has won the presidential election....
[UN]Speakers Call for International Aid to Shore up Restored Constitutional Order...
[UNDP]After a successful first round which had a voter turnout of 88 percent - the highest in the history of democratic elections in the country, Guinea-Bissau held its second round of presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday 18 May....
[VOA]Guinea-Bissau voters head to the polls Sunday to pick between two candidates in a run-off election aimed at returning the country to constitutional rule two years after a military coup....
[ANGOP]Luanda -The 4th Meeting of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Public Institutions of Legal Assistance was declared opened Monday in Luanda by the minister of State and Head of the Civil Affairs Office to the Presidency of the Republic, Edeltrudes da Costa....
[VOA]Vote counting is under way in Guinea-Bissau after Sunday's second-round presidential election....
[UN News]With ballot counting underway in Guinea Bissau's presidential run-off, the United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the successful conclusion of the second round of voting and urged the political parties to peacefully address any grievances arising from the elections through the appropriate channels....
[Daily Observer]Bissau-Guineans resident in The Gambia were yesterday led by their ambassador to The Gambia to once again exercise their democratic rights in the Presidential run-off election taking place in the Portuguese-speaking country....
[UN News]On the eve of run-off presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged voters to show the same sense of civic duty exhibited during the first round of the polls "by turning out in large numbers and in a peaceful manner."...
[ISS]Dakar -On 13 April, more than 80% of voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls, hoping to move on from the political instability and poverty that have come to characterise their country....
[Deutsche Welle]Illegal logging in Guinea-Bissau is a business that brings in millions of dollars for those involved in the vice. But it has led to a decline of the country's forests,local and environmental activists have warned....
[SciDev.Net]Salvador -As a Brazilian science communicator, I am interested in how people communicate science in other Portuguese-speaking countries....
[UN News]Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Marco Carmignani of Brazil as his Deputy Special Representative with the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)....
[CISA]Bissau -As many as 775,500 voters out of a population of 1.6 million will cast ballots in an election that was delayed twice, according to the United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea Bissau. There are 13 presidential candidates, while 15 parties are vying for 102 seats in parliament....