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Topic: Bissau Region

	Guinea-Bissau
		Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's official name in order to prevent confusion between itself and the Republic of Guinea.
		Guinea-Bissau was once the kingdom of Gabù, part of the Mali Empire; parts of the kingdom subsisted until the 18th century.
		Other important groups are the Balanta and Papel, living in the southern coastal regions, and the Manjaco and Mancanha, in the central and northern coastal areas.
	creekin.net /n78-guinea-bissau.html (723 words)

	Guinea-Bissau Regions
		I have found data for the 1991 populations of the regions.
		região: regions) and one sector autónomo (autonomous sector).
		Region: except Bissau, which is an autonomous sector.
	www.statoids.com /ugw.html (354 words)

	Oio Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The region borders Senegal to the north, the Guinea-Bissau regions of Bafatá, Bissau and Biombo to the east, the Rio Geba/Guinea-Bissau region of Quinara to the south and the Guinea-Bissau region of Cacheu to the west.
		The Rio de Canjambari flows through the north of the region.
		One of the highest place in Oio is Tambandinto with the elevation of 70 m.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oio_Region (114 words)

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		In Senegal’s southern Casamance region, separated from the rest of the country by the sliver of land that makes up the Gambia, fighters from the Movement of the Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) have led a two-decade rebellion that has fizzled in recent years.
		The Guinea Bissau government has confirmed that its troops have clashed with rebels from Casamance and that by Thursday at least two of their soldiers had been killed and others injured, but no further details have been released.
		It was not clear whether the landmine had been laid recently or whether is was a one of the many relics of the fighting in the region that have killed and maimed many civilians in the Casamance region.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=52292&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL (702 words)

	Dakar, regional delegation (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal)
		The main concerns of the ICRC in this region were the political instability in Gambia, where the government was overthrown in July and an unsuccessful coup took place in November, disturbances and arrests in Senegal, and the deterioration of the situation in northern Mali.
		In January a regional workshop was held in Dakar to present a training programme in humanitarian law to the armed forces of West Africa.
		In August, the regional delegate went on mission to northern Mali and noted the mounting tension between Tuareg and Arab groups on the one hand and the armed forces on the other.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList298/EF4B1B4616AB442EC1256B6600590B2E (804 words)

	Africast Global Africa Network- News
		BISSAU, December 07 -- The United States is preparing to resume its stalled military cooperation with the West African state of Guinea-Bissau, particularly in the areas of maritime surveillance and mine sweeping, according to US military attache in Dakar Maj. Mark Deets.
		The United States was among a number of countries to close their embassies in Bissau after the flare up of fighting in the West African country seven years ago.
		According to observers in Bissau, the US move to resume military collaboration with Guinea-Bissau is a sign that full diplomatic ties with the country could soon to be re-established.
	news.africast.com /africastv/article.php?newsID=57215 (266 words)

	History of Guinea-Bissau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The slave trade declined in the 19th century, and Bissau, originally founded as a military and slave-trading center in 1765, grew to become the major commercial center.
		The administrative capital was moved from Bolama to Bissau in 1941, and in 1952, by constitutional amendment, the colony of Portuguese Guinea became an overseas province of Portugal.
		The PAIGC National Assembly met at Boe in the southeastern region and declared the independence of Guinea-Bissau on September 24, 1973.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/guinea-bissau.html (940 words)

	History of GUINEA-BISSAU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But by the 19th century the Portuguese are sufficiently secure in Bissau to regard the neighbouring coastline as their own special territory.
		It is therefore natural for Portugal to lay claim to this region, soon to be known as Portuguese Guinea, when the European scramble for Africa begins in the 1880s.
		Britain's interest in the region has declined since the ending of the British slave trade in 1807.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad46 (913 words)

	Guinea-Bissau, Landmine Monitor Report 2003
		The report estimated that at that time there were 20,000 mines and additional UXO dispersed along the former front lines in Bissau, which was in a densely populated area of the capital where approximately 30 percent of the country’s population lives.
		The latter is a cashew growing region, and UXO have a significant impact on the harvesting of cashew nuts.”
		The goal of the National Mine Action Plan is to eliminate the impact of landmines and UXO in Bissau by the end of 2004 and in the southern and eastern regions of the country by the beginning of 2005.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2003/guinea_bissau.html (5996 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Diolas in Casamance in Senegal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Casamançe region was invaded by Portuguese slave traders.
		Senegalese infantry forces bombarded the Sao Domingos region of Guinea-Bissau, alleging that the attack was on bases of the Casamançe rebels.
		The violence in the region was aimed at nullifying the election, particularly in the Casamançe.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=43301 (3783 words)

	Dakar : Regional delegation (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal)
		A first contingent of ECOMOG troops from Togo arrived in Bissau in December and both parties eventually agreed on the choice of a new Prime Minister and the distribution of government posts and responsibilities.
		From August, delegates were able to visit prisoners in the hands of the junta, and at the end of the year the ICRC had received the necessary auth-orization to begin visits to detainees held by the government.
		Banditry was still rampant in the Agadez region, however, owing to the large number of weapons in circulation.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwplist165/056be69dbfc966d6c1256b890033d65c (2181 words)

	FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In a region with a population of some 250 million, these numbers bear witness to the high levels of human insecurity which are at the root of the increasing instability seen in the region over the past years.
		In spite a general shift towards peace in the region, the overall human security environment continues to be precarious.
		The regional emergency coordination unit established by FAO in Dakar, Senegal from September 2004 to June 2005 was instrumental in bringing timely assistance to affected Sahelian farmers who were able to re-launch their rural activities.
	www.fao.org /reliefoperations/westafrica_en.asp (1324 words)

	Chapter 3 - Guinea Bissau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Republic of Guinea Bissau lies on the west coast of Africa, with Senegal to the north and Guinea to the east and south.
		About 75% of the animals vaccinated were in Bafata and Gabu Regions in the east, and 9% were in Cacheu Region on the northern part of the coast.
		The majority of the cattle in Guinea Bissau described as 'N'Dama' or 'Foula' are not of the typical N'Dama type, but represent a rather heterogeneous population.
	www.fao.org /Wairdocs/ILRI/x5537E/x5537e04.htm (1145 words)

	AngolaPress - News
		Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 11/17 - Health authorities in Guinea Bissau have virtually brought the cholera epidemic that had prevailed in the country since last June under control thanks to the population`s adherence to recommendations issued by health authorities, an official source confirmed here on Monday.
		According to the latest official statistics, the Bissau Autonomous Sector (BAS) continues to be the country`s most affected region with 76 deaths out of 12,466 cases of cholera.
		In other regions, Cacheu in the north recorded 26 deaths out of 618 cases, while 15 persons died out of 1,970 cases in the Bajigos archipelago.
	www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=392080 (421 words)

	GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: Fatal fighting reported in border region
		BISSAU/ ZIGUINCHOR, 16 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Guinea Bissau said Thursday that at least two of its soldiers had been killed near the border with Senegal amid fierce factional fighting between Casamance separatists.
		Guinea Bissau Defence Minster Helder Proenca, told parliament that extra troops had been sent to the country’s northern border region, which abuts the troubled Casamance region of Senegal where a separatist rebellion by the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) has simmered for two decades.
		In 1998, rebel troops in Guinea Bissau joined by some MFDC fighters seized control of the military barracks and other strategic locations in the capital and demanded the resignation of the president, Joao Bernardo Vieira.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/03/mil-060316-irin04.htm (687 words)

	afrol News - Guinea-Bissau army regains control at Senegal border
		The declared objective of Guinea-Bissau's troops, who are stationed in the town of São Domingos in northern Guinean-Bissau, on the border with Senegal, is to neutralise the faction of the MFDC's southern front led by Salif Sadio, who refused to sign the December 2004 peace accords with the Senegalese government in Dakar.
		The factions of the Southern Front, which at the time were united, supported the Bissau military junta of Ansumane Mané in the 1998 war in Guinea-Bissau that led to the overthrow of then (and current) President João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, although Mr Vieira enjoyed the support of Senegalese troops in Bissau.
		In a press conference in the capital Bissau, Mr Baldé denied information according to which the heads of the Bissau-Guinean army had received money from the Senegalese government to annihilate the rebellion, and threatened to sue all those he accused of "speculating" regarding the reasons for the operation.
	www.afrol.com /articles/18518 (650 words)

	Guinea-Bissau Information Center - guinea-bissau
		Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, guinea-bissau and marxism the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's official name in order to prevent confusion between itself and the Republic of Guinea.
		Bissau (Note: Former President Kumba Ialá decided to change the capital city to Buba, but the plan is unlikely to go forward.)
		Vieira beat Malam Bacai Sanha in a runoff-election, but Sanha refused to initially concede, claiming that the election have been fraudalent in two constituencies, including the capital Bissau.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_D_-_G/Guinea-Bissau.html (795 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Guinea-Bissau - Crisis response meets immediate needs of Guinea-Bissau families displaced by ...
		BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, 24 March 2006 — “Children don’t care if there is armed conflict going on or not,” says Governor Arlindo Pires of Cacheu Region in Guinea-Bissau.
		UNICEF Bissau is mainly supplying non-food items such as water bladders, buckets, soap, insecticide-treated mosquito nets and iodized salt.
		UNICEF Bissau is concerned for children and women in the region, as they are typically the most vulnerable to harm in conflict situations.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/guineabissau_31907.html (646 words)

	AFRICA - Explore the Regions - Sahel
		But the region, one of the poorest and most environmentally damaged places on earth, has deep troubles.
		Though conditions have since improved, it has yet to shake a vicious cycle of soil erosion, insufficient irrigation, deforestation, overpopulation, desertification and drought.
		Parts of the region -- like Mali's legendary Timbuktu -- are now more Sahara than Sahel.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/africa/explore/sahel/sahel_overview_lo.html (242 words)

	CIDRAP >> Guinea Bissau struggles with anthrax outbreak in humans, cattle
		The outbreak is occurring in Oio region, which boasts some of the most intensive cattle herding operations in the country, an Oxfam America news story on May 5 noted.
		Oxfam America estimated early in May that 400,000 doses of bovine vaccine would be required to control the outbreak, but that only 76,000 doses of the vaccine could be found in West Africa.
		The agency was assisting Guinea Bissau by purchasing vaccine and obtaining additional doses elsewhere.
	www.cidrap.umn.edu /cidrap/content/bt/anthrax/news/june1405anth.html (349 words)

	USAID WARP/Ghana: Cross-Border Peace Building Activities in the Casamance Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		USAID/WARP is responding to the impacts of conflict in two of the region’s perennial hot spots – the Casamance and the Mano River Union – through joint programming and consultation with USAID bilateral missions and U.S. Embassies.
		The border region near Senegal has been the area most consistently affected by conflict in Guinea-Bissau since the war for independence that ended in 1973.
		The end of the 1998 conflict in Bissau did not bring stability to the border regions.
	www.usaid.gov /missions/warp/cprevention/cbprograms/casamance.htm (643 words)

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		The drop in rainfall was partly due to uncontrolled forest exploitation in the northern region, and partly to the natural drought cycle that Sahelian countries have been experiencing for more than 20 years.
		The progressive salination and loss of their paddy fields was increasingly preoccupying farmers of the Oio region, who saw their autonomy and self-sufficiency in food production being eroded year by year.
		Although the Mandingues have a long tradition of rice cultivation in upland areas, they were unable to cope with the problem of salinity since they lacked the appropriate knowledge and techniques for dealing with irrigated rice cultivation.
	www.grain.org /seedling?id=86 (926 words)

	Oxfam America: Anthrax Spreading in Guinea Bissau
		Guinea Bissau has declared an anthrax epidemic in the Oio region, where four people and 126 cows have died, and 80 cases of human infection have been reported.
		The Oio region is one of the largest cattle herding zones in Guinea Bissau, along with the eastern Bafata and Gabu regions. So far, only the Oio region is affected. In the weeks before the June-November rainy season, cattle from the other areas are typically brought down to Oio, which could further spread the anthrax.
		Guinea Bissau’s Agriculture Ministry has requested animal vaccines, syringes, antibiotics, and funds for vaccination brigades. Approximately 400,000 vaccine doses are required to control the epidemic. However, only 76,000 doses are available in West Africa.
	www.oxfamamerica.org /newsandpublications/news_updates/news_update.2005-05-18.6516766032 (402 words)

	Agenda 21 - Ginea Bissau
		Located in the Sub-Sahel region, Guinea-Bissau became independent after eleven years of open fighting, which partially destroyed its agrarian and productive structures due mainly to the defection of the rural population.
		Regarding atmospheric pollution, the country is committed to participate fully in global and regional programmes to evaluate changes in the composition of the atmosphere, particularly the emissions of highly polluting gasses, such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide, among others.
		The integrated planning and management of physical resources and the sustainable use of soils have received particular attention from the government in an effort to minimize conflicts and harmonize economic and social development and environmental protection.
	www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/guineab/natur.htm (3441 words)

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		BISSAU, 21 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - A cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau is showing no sign of fading with all regions of the impoverished country now affected and more than 4,000 new cases of the disease reported so far this month, officials said.
		When the outbreak started three months ago, more than nine out of ten cases were to be found around the capital, Bissau -- a city of 300,000 built on low-lying land on the banks of a muddy river estuary -- and the nearby coastal region of Biombo to the west.
		IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=49178&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=GUINEA-BISSAU (690 words)

	Guinea-Bissau boosts troops near Senegal following border firefights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Guinea-Bissau is sending extra troops to its border with the disputed Casamance region of southern Senegal following recent skirmishes in the region with suspected seperatist guerillas, officials told the Lusa news agency Monday.
		The governor of Oio region, Secuna Baio, told the agency the firefights were worrying Guinea-Bissau's army brass and had led to "big military movements" in the area, located some 140 kilometres (85 miles) north of the capital Bissau.
		The largely Christian and animist region is nearly cut off from the rest of mostly Muslim Senegal by Gambia.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040216173947.ztxfvppi.html (259 words)

	Guinea-Bissau News
		Skirmishes have broken out between rebel factions in Senegal's southern Casamance region after a separatist leader was chased back there from neighbouring Guinea Bissau earlier this year, Senegal's army said on...
		Bissau - Offshore explorations have revealed the presence of oil reserves in Guinea-Bissau with an annual output of around 120 000 tons of crude oil, the country's energy minister Aristides Ocante said.
		The U.N. Security Council called for a coordinated effort to consolidate peace in West Africa, a region that has been embroiled in conflict and political instability which has impoverished millions of people.
	www.topix.net /world/guinea-bissau (744 words)

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