ABUJA, Dec 14 - West African bloc ECOWAS rejected on Sunday a transition programme announced by Guinea-Bissau’s military ...

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, marking another military takeover in West Africa. The coup followed a contested presidential election where both President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his ...

Bloc warns of sanctions on all individuals or groups of people who obstruct return to constitutional order, 'if the demand to ...

Hundreds marched through Guinea-Bissau's capital on Friday, protesting last month's military coup and demanding the release ...

The Economic Community of West African Statte, ECOWAS, has threatened targeted sanctions on anyone truncating the return of ...

Portuguese judicial police have seized suitcases containing nearly €5 million from a man reportedly close to former Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló during a late-night stopover in Lisbon.

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission is unable to announce the results of last month’s presidential elections after a raid on its headquarters left electoral equipment destroyed and ballot sheets ...

Portuguese Judicial Police have seized suitcases containing about five million euros in cash at Lisbon’s Figo Maduro Airport ...

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this week.

The ECOWAS mission, led by its chairman and the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio, arrived as the military government — which seized power last Wednesday — banned all demonstrations, strikes ...

Guinea-Bissau's military junta adopted a 12-month transitional charter that bars the interim president and prime minister ...

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to ...