Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

• Guinea-Bissau acting president says elections soon

  Guinea-Bissau's interim president pledged to hold elections before the end of the year. Interim President Manuel Serifo Mhamadjo spoke to the press ... 

• Guinea-Bissau convicts soldier for coup attempt

  A military tribunal in Guinea-Bissau has convicted an army captain of leading a failed coup last year. Pansau Ntchama was sentenced on Thursday to ... 

• Suspects in Africa drug trade held in NY for trial

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

• Kofi Annan tackles drug trafficking in West Africa

  Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly ...