Bissau president in US drugs case

Guinea-Bissau's caretaker president may have co-operated with the planners of a doomed cocaine-and-weapons smuggling scheme meant to arm Colombian rebels, according to US court filings.

• Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief in US court
• G-Bissau 'drug lord' captured, sent to US
• US strips Mali, G-Bissau of trade benefits

At least 22 dead in Guinea Bissau shipwreck

At least 22 people have died and 69 are missing after their overloaded boat sank off the capital of Guinea-Bissau.

• 33 Egypt migrants survive shipwreck
• Men more likely to survive in shipwrecks

G-Bissau accuses Portugal of 'coup bid'

Guinea-Bissau has accused Portugal, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and a former prime minister of backing a coup bid after a gun battle that claimed at least seven lives.

• UN condemns Guinea-Bissau junta
• Guinea-Bissau junta vows to cede power
• Guinea-Bissau putchist, 'drug lord' ill

Ecowas ministers meet on Mali, G Bissau

West African defence and foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in the Ivorian capital Abidjan on the political and security crises in Mali and Guinea Bissau, a statement says.

• Mali to fight own fight
• UN condemns Guinea-Bissau junta
• Mali asks African forces to intervene

UN urged to resolve G-Bissau crisis

The UN Security Council has been asked to help restore constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, including imposing sanctions against military leaders who toppled the country's government.

• West Africans slam coup leaders
• Guinea-Bissau junta frees PM, president
• Ecowas to slap sanctions on G-Bissau

Ecowas condemns Guinea-Bissau transition

West African states have condemned the two-year transition deal in coup-stricken Guinea-Bissau as illegal and called for the immediate return of constitutional rule.

• G-Bissau junta, opposition dissolve govt
• SA deplores Guinea-Bissau coup
• AU suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup

Ecowas says near deal with Bissau junta

The executive head of the West African regional block Ecowas says a junta in Guinea Bissau has agreed to hand back power and return the country to constitutional rule soon, after talks in the capital.

• Guinea-Bissau candidates condemn coup
• Guinea-Bissau junta, opposition meet
• G-Bissau transitional council announced

Guinea-Bissau schedules election runoff

An official has announced that Guinea-Bissau’s presidential runoff will be held on 29 April.

• Guinea-Bissau poll heads to run-off
• Guinea-Bissau poll marred by killing
• UN calls for calm after G-Bissau vote

Guinea-Bissau goes to polls

Guinea Bissau is set to elect a new president, a key test for the fragile, coup-prone state where a powerful army has resisted reforms, and cocaine cartels have deep roots.

• G Bissau presidential candidate pulls out
• Guinea-Bissau interim president rejected
• Guinea-Bissau mourns its president

Guinea Bissau China bribe officials held

Police in Guinea Bissau arrested three energy ministry officials suspected of having accepted bribes from a Chinese company in return for fake mining permits.

• 25 held over Bissau 'coup plot'
• SA strengthens ties with Guinea-Bissau
• Guinea Bissau goes 4 months without TV

Weapons cache seized after Bissau 'coup plot'

Guinea Bissau’s army has uncovered a large cache of weapons at the homes of two soldiers arrested for taking part in an attack on army headquarters which the regime has described as a coup bid.

• AU chief, Jammeh discuss Guinea-Bissau
• Alleged G-Bissau police mutineer 'shot dead'
• Ban condemns Guinea-Bissau violence

Bissau troops hunt failed coup suspects

Troops in Guinea-Bissau have clashed with renegade forces, leaving at least one soldier dead as they combed the capital following an alleged failed coup, an army officer says.

• Guinea-Bissau quells attempted coup
• G-Bissau leader hospitalised in Senegal
• Guinea-Bissau soldiers in pay protest

G-Bissau leader hospitalised in Senegal

The president of Guinea-Bissau Malam Bacai Sanha has been hospitalised this week in Senegal’s capital Dakar and will later be transferred to Paris for treatment, his office says.

• Guinea-Bissau president still in hospital
• Guinea-Bissau leader leaves for treatment
• Guinea Bissau leader says he is well

'Gaddafi is welcome here'

Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior has said Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi would be welcomed "with open arms" if he seeks exile in the West African country.

• Deadline expires for Gaddafi forces
• Libya's interim leaders under fire
• Fugitive Gaddafi's few options

SA strengthens ties with Guinea-Bissau

SA Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is satisfied that his diplomatic visit to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau has strengthened ties between the two countries, the presidency says.

• Guinea-Bissau leader leaves for treatment
• Guinea Bissau assassination mystery
• Huge protest against Guinea-Bissau PM

Guinea Bissau assassination mystery

Two years after the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira and army chief of staff General Batista Tagme Na Waie, investigations have reached a dead end.

• Guinea Bissau drug fight a shambles
• Facts about G-Bissau
• G-Bissau appeals for army reform

Guinea Bissau goes 4 months without TV

Guinea Bissau’s only national television broadcaster has been down for four months with broken transmitters and a staff who have gone unpaid for about as long, its director says.

Angola to help G Bissau reform army

Angola's army has announced it will send a team to help reform the military of Guinea Bissau, a country with a long history of coups and instability.

• G Bissau ashamed of incompetence
• G Bissau wants foreign force
• W Africa mulls troops for G-Bissau

W Africa mulls troops for G-Bissau

West African nations are considering sending troops to stabilise Guinea Bissau and is set to hold an emergency meeting to discuss political turmoil in the country, Nigeria’s president says.

• Jonathan calls G Bissau meeting
• G Bissau wants foreign force
• G Bissau president warns army

EU ends G Bissau mission

The EU says it is ending a military reform mission to Guinea Bissau in protest at the appointment of a mutineer as the west African country's new army chief.

• G Bissau grounds officials
• UN tackles G-Bissau over drugs
• G Bissau in demobilisation drive

G Bissau grounds officials

Guinea Bissau PM Carlos Gomes Junior has barred officials from taking trips abroad and from buying cars costing over $38 000 in a bid to cut state spending.

• G-Bissau PM says he won't quit
• G-Bissau works to resolve crisis
• G-Bissau leader: Country is calm

G Bissau president warns army

Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha has made an outspoken attack on the country's powerful military and on high ranking officials allegedly involved in drugs trafficking.

• Guineans protest poll results
• Guinea bans vote protests
• Konate 'must see out transition period'

G-Bissau PM says he won't quit

Guinea Bissau PM Carlos Gomes junior says he won’t step down and has accused certain figures in the tense and unstable country of wanting to plunge it into chaos.

• G-Bissau works to resolve crisis
• G-Bissau leader: Country is calm
• Army under control, G-Bissau says

G-Bissau drops treason charges

A Guinea Bissau military court says it has dropped treason charges against former Navy chief Bubo Na Tchuto, a suspected drugs kingpin.

• G-Bissau works to resolve crisis
• Army under control, G-Bissau says
• Drug trafficking: G Bissau wants help