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Guinea-Bissau gov't says coup attempt foiled
Guinea-Bissau gov't says coup attempt foiled
BISSAU June 5, 2009 (AFP) — Guinea-Bissau soldiers killed Friday a presidential candidate and a former minister accused of plotting a coup, just three months after the troubled African nation's president was assassinated.
 
Double assassination in Guinea-Bissau
Double assassination in Guinea-Bissau
Last week, the President and military chief of Guinea-Bissau were assassinated within hours of each other.  The double-assassination leaves a power vacuum in the impoverished west African nation, which Latin American drug cartels threaten to replace with a narco-state.
 
Guinea-Bissau's president, army chief killed
Guinea-Bissau's president, army chief killed
BISSAU March 2, 2009 (Reuters) - Soldiers killed Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira on Monday in an apparent revenge attack for the slaying of the army chief of the unstable West African country.
 
IMF advises West Africa on monetary integration
IMF advises West Africa on monetary integration
LAGOS June 4, 2008 (Xinhua) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday advised ECOWAS countries to take more steps to achieve economic and monetary integration within the sub-region, according to the official News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.
 
 

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