Guinea Bissau

Accused Cocaine Kingpin Brought To New York For Trial

AP | PETE YOST and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 04.06.2013 | Crime

NEW YORK -- A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine tra...

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West African Drug Kingpin Arrested In Undercover Sting Operation

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2013 | World

By Richard Valdmanis and Alvaro Andrade DAKAR/PRAIA, April 4 (Reuters) - Undercover U.S. agents have arrested the former navy chief of...

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Freedom in the World 2013: Winners and Losers

Freedom House | Posted 03.18.2013 | World

Read More: Civil Liberties, Guinea, Burma, Nigeria, Freedom in the World, Maldives, Democracy, Freedom House, Political Rights, Mali, Libya, Human Rights, Côte D?Ivoire, Freedom, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Senegal, Video, World News

by Arch Puddington and Jennifer Dunham *Arch Puddington is vice president for research at Freedom House, and Jennifer Dunham is the research a...

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Africa's Dead Presidents: Are we growing up?

Atim Oton | Posted 11.05.2012 | Black Voices

Africa is changing. It is returning to its true self where change happens like nature and we move with the spirits of our ancestors.

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The Rise of the Mafia State

Moisés Naím | Posted 07.30.2012 | World

Read More: Corruption, Venezuela, Mafia State, Guinea-Bissau, Organized Crime, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Graft, Montenegro, Myanmar, Ahmed Wali Karzai, North Korea, World News

The assumptions that there is nothing new regarding crime and corruption and that these plagues are an inevitable part of the human experience are clouding an important change: the ascent of the mafia state, an old player that has gained renewed potency.

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Upheaval in West Africa: Could Nigeria Be Next?

Daniel Wagner | Posted 06.23.2012 | World

Read More: Sectarianism, Mali, Ibrahim Babangida, Boko Haram, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, West Africa, Gusau, World News

Preventing BH from exploiting sectarian tension is therefore paramount, but shoring up the support of northern political figures while driving through a reformist agenda will be no easy task.

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Mediators To Intervene In Guinea-Bissau

AP | LAMINE DJATA | Posted 06.16.2012 | World

Read More: Guinea-Bissau Coup, Bissau, Carlos Gomes Jr, Guinea-Bissau Carlos Gomes Jr, Guinea-Bissau, World News

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — The second-place finisher in Guinea-Bissau's presidential election on Monday denounced last week's military coup, when s...

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Soldiers Take Over In Coup In Guinea-Bissau

AP | LAMINE DJATA and KRISTA LARSON | Posted 06.13.2012 | World

Read More: Guinea Bissau Coup, Guinea Bissau Violence, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Bissau Military, Africa Coup, Bissau, Guinea Bissau Soldiers, World News

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers have arrested the prime minister of this tiny nation known for transiting cocaine to Europe, a military spokesm...

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Coup Fears In Guinea-Bissau

AP | LAMINE DJATA and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 06.12.2012 | World

Read More: Mali, Guinea Bissau Coup, Guinea Bissau, Guina Bissau Military, Africa Coup, Bissau, Coup, World News

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military seal...

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"The Cocaine Coast," by Marco Vernaschi, Virginia Quarterly Review

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Bissau-Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Home News

A frantic voice came over the radio: a blast had just destroyed Guinea-Bissau's military headquarters. ...

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Full Frame: Africa's new narcostate

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Bissau-Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Home News

A photographer documents the struggles of Guinea-Bissau, which has become the new hub for cocaine trafficking in Africa....

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"Narco State," By Marco Vernaschi, PDFX12

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Bissau-Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Home News

Since 2007, Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony and one of the poorest nations in the world, has become the new hub for cocaine trafficking in A...

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Guinea-Bissau hopes to stop cycle of political assassination

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Bissau-Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Home News

Soldiers outside military headquarters following an assassination in Guinea-Bissau. Photo: Marco Vernaschi, Pulitzer Center Campaign season ha...

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Baciro Dabo, Guinea-Bissau Presidential Candidate, Shot Dead

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Baciro Dabo Shot, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Guinea-Bissau, Baciro Dabo, Baciro Dabo Killed, Advocacy, World News

The security forces in Guinea-Bissau have shot dead a minister and candidate in this month's presidential elections, along with three other people....

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Foreign Aid, Arms Shipped By Same Firms: Report

Inter Press Service | Thalif Deen | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - The military conflicts raging across Africa, Asia and Latin America have been significantly influenced by the heavy ...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

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