French President arrives in Bissau tonight for historic visit
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 27/07/2022
EU wants well-functioning transparency and accountability controls in the PALOP countries and Timor-Leste
Lusa - Cape Verde - 29/06/2022
The European Union today in Praia praised the “very important advances” of the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) and Timor-Leste in transparency, but wants good functioning of public and private account control systems.
“It is important for…
Guinea-Bissau’s President expressed confidence that the Oceans Conference, which began in Lisbon, will establish “a new paradigm” in ocean protection and recalled that his country is already facing the challenges of climate change.
“My country…
Guinea-Bissau oil agreement has 'no legal basis'
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 27/12/2021
Guinean lawyer Adilson Dywyná Djabulá told Lusa that the recent agreement signed by the presidents of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal on the exploitation of oil and fisheries resources has neither political consensus nor technical-legal support.
A professor at the Bissau…
China's funding in Africa will seek new ways of financing
South China Morning Post - 13/12/2021
The latest China-Africa forum indicates big, direct cash flows from Beijing are a thing of the past, with ‘innovative financing’ models now in focus. Criticism over infrastructure debt and the need to cut defaults, as President Xi Jinping consolidates control at…
CPLP and G7+ to boost cooperation in public health field
Lusa - Portugal - 06/12/2021
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the G7+, a group of fragile states, announced that they will strengthen cooperation in the field of public health to accelerate vaccination against Covid-19 in their member states
At the end of a meeting between…
Bissau is 'catastrophic' and close to a failed state, says PAIGC
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 03/12/2021
The leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), said on Thursday that the situation in Guinea-Bissau is “catastrophic” and that the country is in danger of becoming a failed state
“The situation in the country…
18 communities declare end to female genital mutilation in Guinea-Bissau
Lusa - Guinea-Bissau - 01/12/2021
Eighteen communities in the Cacheu region, northern Guinea-Bissau, have declared an end to the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and made a commitment to combat other degrading phenomena, an official source told Lusa
Aissatu Cali Baldé, communications officer…
China promises to help Africa's economy without 'imposing its will'
AFP - International - 01/12/2021
China pledged support on Tuesday to help African countries overcome Covid-related economic woes “without imposing its will,” faced with accusations that it often plays a coercive role on the continent
Released at the close of a China-Africa summit in Senegal…
PM of Guinea-Bissau wants commission to look into civil servants' debts
Lusa - Bissau - 29/11/2021
The prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, wants a commission to investigate existing debts to the country’s civil servants, who have been on strike for a year, according to a statement issued Friday
The prime minister met this week with the negotiating…
TAP reports net loss, 10% lower than year earlier
Lusa - Lisbon - 26/11/2021
TAP, Portugal’s national airline, had a loss of €627.6 million in the first nine months of 2021, 10.4% smaller than in the same period of last year, the company said in a statement released to the Securities Markets Commission (CMVM)
“Net income as of…
