Tag: Guinea Bissau
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Guinean president, Alpha Condé, ‘snubs’ Bissau counterpart
The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Cisoko Emballo, was not invited to Tuesday’s inauguration of President Alpha Conde because of “his lack of courtesy” to the Guinean head of state, the Minister-Secretary General of the Guinean Presidency, Kiridi Bangoura, said on Monday. According to the minister, who is also chairman of the inauguration sub-commission, Guinea has…
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JUST IN: Buhari receives Madagascan COVID-19 drug from Guinea Bissau’s President [Photo]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID-19 pandemic, and reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau who brought along with…
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President resigns after just one full day in office
Cipriano Cassama, who was made interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the PAIGC party, has resigned after spending just one full day in office. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Cassama stepped down on security grounds two days after he was sworn in to the post. “An interim president needs to have all the security conditions to fulfill his…
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Nigeria deploy 185 troops to Guinea Bissau for peace keeping mission
The Nigerian Army on Friday completed pre-deployment training for 185 troops for peacekeeping mission in Guinea Bissau. According to reports the 185 troops began their pre-deployment training on Jan. 6, at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC), Jaji Kaduna State. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, said the…
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JUST IN: Buhari donates $500,000, vehicles, others to Guinea Bissau for elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to support the country’s election process. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the approval was in response to an urgent request for assistance by the…
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Guinea-Bissau needs genuinely free, fair elections – UN Security Council
The UN Security Council says political actors in Guinea-Bissau must demonstrate renewed good faith to hold “genuinely free and fair elections” to break cycle of instability in the country. The 15-member Security Council in a statement warned that the country was set to face continuous cycle of instability unless the political actors commit to holding…
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Peacekeeping: Send our troops back home, Buhari tells Guinea Bissau President
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the nation was in dire needs of the services of the troops that had been keeping peace in the crisis-riddled Guinea Bissau back home. Buhari also advised President José Mário Vaz to use a constitutional way of resolving the crisis in the country. He said Nigeria needed its troops…