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Guinea-Bissau president to run for second term, backtracking on vow to step down
KFGO - North Dakota
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March 4, 2025
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially stoking tensions over when his current term ends and over...
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The proposed Banjul-Barra Bridge represents a critical test of economic rationality and collective decision-making
The Standard Gambia
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April 29, 2025
- Advertisement - Dear Editor, At its core, the project demands rigorous cost-benefit analysis (CBA), a framework quantifying projected costs such as construction outlays and environmental externalities against anticipated benefits, including...
Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, Bloc
SABC News
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March 3, 2025
Guinea-Bissau‘s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and economic bloc said on Sunday. A dispute over when Embalo’s...
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Guinea-Bissau in institutional crisis as president stays
Deutsche Welle
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March 5, 2025
Umaro Sissoco Embaló's five-year term as president officially expired on February 28, 2025. Technically, he is no longer Guinea-Bissau's leader, but he has not stepped down. Domingos Simões Pereira, leader of the African Party for the Independence...
Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS mission ‘will never return’ – president
Macau Business
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March 4, 2025
The president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has confirmed that he had sent the ECOWAS mission away and said that it “will never return to the country”. A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States was in...
Guinea-Bissau’s Embaló Continues to Dare ECOWAS
GNN Liberia
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March 3, 2025
By Paul Ejime By threatening to expel the joint mission of ECOWAS and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) from Guinea-Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who has been ruling his country as a dictator, has not only displayed...
Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
MyJoyOnline
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...
Bissau: ECOWAS has prepared a draft agreement on an election date
Sene News
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March 3, 2025
West African mediators sent to Guinea-Bissau have prepared a draft agreement on a date for the elections, they said in a statement, adding that they left the country after threats to expel President Umaru Sissoco Embalo. These mediators from the...
Guinea-Bissau chief declares Russia as ‘reliable partner’
MENAFN
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February 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, hailed Russia as a "reliable partner" during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. Embalo expressed gratitude for Russia increasing its quota for military...
Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
KFGO - North Dakota
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March 2, 2025
(Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and economic bloc said on Sunday. A dispute over when...
Guinea-Bissau President Changes Stance on Reelection Amid Term Limit Controversy
OkayAfrica
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March 4, 2025
Update: This page has been updated to reflect the most recent information as of 5:30 p.m. GMT. Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has announced that he will be running for a second term in the country’s delayed general election. It’s a...
Guinea-Bissau leader to discuss mineral extraction during visit to Russia — agency
TASS
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February 26, 2025
MADRID, February 26. /TASS/. Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Cissoko Embalo, who will arrive in Russia on a state visit on February 26, intends to discuss joint extraction of mineral resources on the territory of the African republic with Russian...
World Bank pledges US$490 million in support to ARREST agenda
The New Dawn Liberia
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April 24, 2025
The Management of the World Bank has agreed to support Liberia’s Development Agenda through its New Country Program Framework (CPF) in the tune of United States Dollars Four Hundred Ninety Million. The New Country Framework, which would be...
Souq Al Jubail welcomes government delegation from Guinea-Bissau
Sharjah24
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Delegation received by Sharjah City Markets director The delegation was welcomed by Engineer Abdullah Al Shamsi, Director of Sharjah City Markets. Attendees included Mario Musante da Silva Loureiro, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy;...
World Bank downgrades economic forecast for Angola to 2.7 percent growth
Ver Angola
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As for Angola, the World Bank now predicts that the second largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa will grow by just 2.7 percent, when in October 2024 it predicted an expansion of 2.9 percent, and is also making a strong review of inflation,...
Guinea-Bissau President in Moscow for talks on developing cooperation
Africanews
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February 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin met for talks with the President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo in the Kremlin on Wednesday. The talks comes as Russia continues its drive to build economic and security ties with countries in west and...
Guinea-Bissau opposition vows to 'paralyse' country in election timing row
The Straits Times
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February 26, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 26, 2025. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's...
Guinea-Bissau leader calls Russia reliable partner
TASS
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February 26, 2025
MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Russia and Guinea-Bissau are reliable partners and can further strengthen bilateral relations, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo stated to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "We thank you for increasing the quota for...