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Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first multi-party elections were held in 1994, but an army uprising in 1998 led to the president's ousting and the Guinea-Bissau Civil War. Its farming and fishing economy was badly disrupted by the 1998-99 civil war. 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinea-Bissau   (857 words)

History of Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guinea-Bissau's transition back to democracy will be complicated by a crippled economy devastated by civil war and the military's predilection for governmental meddling. An army uprising that triggered the Guinea-Bissau Civil War in 1998, created hundreds of thousands of displaced persons. 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. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinea-Bissau/History   (944 words)

Guinea-Bissau Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was triggered by an attempted coup against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané. Under accord's terms, the two sides reaffirmed the cease-fire of 25 August and resolved that the withdrawal of Senegalese and Guinean troops from Guinea Bissau be conducted simultaneously with the deployment of an ECOMOG (ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group) interposition force, which would guarantee security on the border with Senegal. Fighting continued into July, with many members of the Guinea-Bissau armed forces reportedly defecting to the side of the rebels. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Civil_War   (1702 words)

Guinea in 1999 Neither the Guinea Bissau civil war nor the one in Sierra Leone are motivated by ideological conflicts. Having just missed visiting Guinea Bissau because the civil war there, I was naturally upset to be kept out of Sierra Leone by similar events. In Guinea Bissau, a general accused of selling arms on the black market rebelled against the government. berclo.net /page99/99en-guinea.html   (1145 words)

BBC News Africa Warring parties in Guinea Bissau in Gambia for talks The leaders of the two sides in the Guinea-Bissau civil war are in the Gambian capital, Banjul, for their first direct peace talks. After further advances in fighting last week, the rebels are reported to control more than ninety-per cent of Guinea Bissau, with the government defended by Senegalese and Guinea troops. Diplomats say they're likely to discuss a re-opening of Bissau airport by the rebels, an extension of the recently expired ceasefire and the establishment of a government of national unity. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/203945.stm   (160 words)

Liberia: Time to take human rights seriously - placing human rights on the national agenda - Amnesty International The civil war was also sustained by a complex network of alliances formed with, and nurtured, by some of the countries within the West African sub-region. The Liberian war therefore engulfed countries in the sub-region with very serious repercussions for human rights when security personnel in some host countries were collaborated with some of the Liberian factions by returning people who were fleeing from persecution. From the beginning of the war in December 1989 until the end of the disarmament process on 9 February 1997, six main warring factions emerged to militarily contest power and territory. www.web.amnesty.org /ai.nsf/index/AFR340051997   (6267 words)

The History Guy: New and Recent Conflicts of the World Current “Major” wars and conflicts in the world—Major conflicts are defined here as wars and conflicts in which more than a thousand people have died, involve more than one nation (for internal conflicts) or more than two nations (for international conflicts), and/or have the near-term potential to turn into a multi-national regional conflict. Current “Minor” wars and conflicts in the world— Wars and conflicts, which are relatively small impact on the world or the region in which they occur. The conflict was primarily waged as an urban guerrilla/terrorist war. www.historyguy.com /new_and_recent_conflicts.html   (4090 words)

Guinea Country Guide - Overview - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing The civil war in Sierra Leone ended in 2002 and the country is now largely trouble free. Guinea’s main attraction to tourists is its relatively undisturbed countryside. Guinea has a strong music tradition and Conakry, in particular, is a dynamic centre for music. www.worldtravelguide.net /data/gin/gin.asp   (215 words)

Guinea-Bissau - Amnesty International Civil servants who had not been paid for several months, including teachers and national television employees, went on strike on several occasions to demand payment of their salaries. João de Barros, director and owner of Correio de Bissau, was arrested in June after an interview he gave to Rádio Bombolom in which he criticized President Kumba Ialá for accusing the Gambian government of involvement in an alleged attempted coup and for threatening to invade the Gambia in retaliation. The authorities harassed civil society groups and activists. web.amnesty.org /report2003/Gnb-summary-eng   (1344 words)

World's Armed Conflicts: Guinea Bissau The civil war in Guinea Bissau has been going on since June 1998. Guinea Bissau gained independence from Portugal in 1974. Site of the military junta i Guinea Bissau (In Portugese) www.jmk.su.se /global99/conflicts/africa/guinea.htm   (291 words)

Afrika In the civil war in Sudan, the government in Khartoum and the South Sudanese rebel organization SPLA (Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army) under John Garang hold negotiations in Nairobi on the 4th of May. On July 16th, the SPLA proclaims a one-sided 3-month cease-fire. Following Denis Sassou-Ngesso's victory in the Congo-Brazzaville civil war and Ex-President Lissouba's flight at the end of last year, opponents to the regime who are not able to organize enough resistance, are mass executed on July 16th and February 4th. The complete decay of civil order and a take-over of power by local warlords were often apparent as in the cases of Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and parts of the Congo. www.hiik.de /en/baro1998_en/afrika1998_en.htm   (2088 words)

Guinea Guinea had taken sides against rebel leader Charles Taylor in Liberia's civil war and was part of the Nigerian-led ECOMOG forces that intervened in the crisis. Guinea has had ongoing difficulties with its neighbor Liberia, which was embroiled in a long civil war during the 1990s and again in 2000–2003. Sierra Leone's recent civil war also caused problems for neighboring Guinea. www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107600.html   (871 words)

Guinea-Bissau Although the civil war that led to the closure of the U.S. Embassy ended in 1999 and elections were held in June and July 2005, travelers should be aware that the political situation is still in a period of transition and tensions persist. The country underwent a civil war in 1998-99 that devastated the economy. Since there are minefields left over from the civil war and the war of independence, travelers should not leave designated roads and pathways. travel.state.gov /travel/guinea-bissau.html   (1498 words)

Guinea - Atlapedia Online Further strains were placed on the economy when thousands of Guinean refugees were repatriated as a result of Liberia's civil war. It is bound by Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal and Mali to the north, the Ivory Coast to the east, Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. Guinea's first constitution took effect on November 12 which was amended in December and made Toure's Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) the country's only political party. www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/guinea.htm   (1146 words)

SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Civil War Civil war will be certain, and during civil wars the belligerents are not too interested in oil pumping performance beyond that needed to pay for weapons... The civil war started in 1991, fuelled by the mining of conflict diamonds, which was used by combatants to fund the bloodshed. And as for the United States, well, the Mexican War had something to do with Texas, the Spanish-American with the Maine, and at the time of the Civil War, not a single woman was able to vote and a large portion of the population was enslaved. education.surfwax.com /files/Civil_War_History.html   (4625 words)

The History Guy:Guinea Bissau Civil War Guinea-Bissau Civil War and Intervention by Senegal and Guinea-Conakry Guinea-Bissau/Senegal War, Civil War and the Casamance Question --Elections were held and the new civilian government of President Kumba Yalla (the first democratically elected leader in Bissau history) took power in February 2000. www.historyguy.com /Guinea_Bissau_Civil_War.html   (568 words)

Guinea-Bissau: War Destruction Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire (PANA) - The future of war-torn Guinea Bissau is in the balance after two days of peace talks during which the two disputing sides failed to agree on how to re-establish peace in the country. Under the accord, the main airport in Guinea Bissau has been reopened so that humanitarian aid can be flown into the Portuguese-speaking country and logistical support can reach a buffer force that is to monitor the cease-fire. Under a security agreement signed between the governments of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, the Republic of Guinea and the Gambia in October 1997, troops from Senegal and the Republic of Guinea are assisting the Guinea-Bissau government to quell the armed rebellion. www.africaaction.org /docs98/gb9809.htm   (1702 words)

IRIN-West Africa Weekly Roundup no. 79 for 1998.12.18 Rival factions in Guinea Bissau's civil war agreed on Tuesday on the composition of a transitional government of national unity, a major plank in a peace accord that ended five months of civil war. The deal was struck between Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira and rebel leader Ansumane Mane after 10 hours of discussions that began on Monday. He added that the speedy deployment of the troops - expected to come from Benin, The Gambia, Niger and Togo - as foreseen in a peace accord between rival civil war factions, depended on logistical and financial support from the international community and donors. www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/irinw_121898.html   (1704 words)

wiki/Guinevere Definition / wiki/Guinevere Research Just as Morgaine/Morgan bears a close resemblance to the aspects of a triple goddess Morrigan, who delivers war, death and vengeance, Guinevere shares aspects with the triune goddess Eriu, the sovreignty of Ireland. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, and to the east by the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea (for more detailed description see Geography of Europe).... He is the central character in Arthurian legends (known as the Matter of Britain), although there is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed and in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "king". www.elresearch.com /wiki/Guinevere   (2069 words)

afrol News - Guinea-Bissau's civil servants striking A manifest directed at President Yala by the groups outlined two possibilities to step out of the malicious circle the country has been in since the 1998/99 civil war, and which the groups blame on President Yala's "constant atrocities against the Constitution:" the establishment of a government of national unity or anticipated presidential elections. afrol News, 1 November - State offices in Bissau are closed today as the general strike of the country's civil servants enjoys a near 100 percent participation. Also, the so-called Movement of Civil Society for Democracy, Peace and Development, which unites forceful fragments of the Bissauan society, recently threatened with protest actions against the government. www.afrol.com /News2002/gub010_strike.htm   (586 words)

Guinea-Bissau There were no new developments in the September 2002 beating by security forces of Rui Ferreira, a National Assembly Deputy of the opposition Resistencia Guinea Bissau Party (RGB), or in the case of Victor Mandinga. Since the 1998 civil war, police recruitment has not kept pace with attrition. The Government's failure to pay the salaries of civil servants, teachers, and health care workers resulted in a 2-week general strike in March, a 1-week general strike in September, the closure of schools for most of the year, and the deaths of 28 patients in Simao Mendes hospital. www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27732.htm   (4305 words)

BBC News Africa Guinea-Bissau mediation suspended Gambia has suspended its attempt to mediate in the civil war in Guinea-Bissau. The BBC correspondent in Bissau, Mark Doyle, says it is still not clear which side is winning, but most of the population of the city has fled. The Gambian foreign minister, Sedath Jobe, left the capital Bissau after a brief meeting with President Nino Vieira's government side. news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/world/africa/115546.stm   (241 words)

Guinea-Bissau The army had grown from approximately 6,000 soldiers before the war to 25,000 during the war, and combatants are still not demobilizing. Teams from all the country's ethnic, political and religious groups came to Bissau, the capital, from different parts of the country. There was no real conflict for a quarter of a century after the war of independence with Portugal until June 1998. www.un.org /Depts/dpa/docs/conflict/guinea_bissau.html   (1175 words)

Africa 2001 Melciades Lopes Fernandes, claimed the station's programming could incite a civil war and said that the military would not tolerate it, according to journalists in Bissau. Journalists in Guinea Bissau claimed the closures were in reprisal for the newspapers' critical coverage of the government. The general accused the station of fomenting civil war and said the broadcaster would become an early military target in such an event. www.cpj.org /attacks01/africa01/guinea-bis.html   (1310 words)

allAfrica.com: Guinea Guinea's parliamentary opposition has announced it will withdraw from the national assembly in protest at last month's municipal elections, which it says was nothing short of "electoral robbery." More than a week after nationwide municipal elections, regarded by many as a test of Guinea's democracy, the results are finally in and the ruling party looks as strong as ever. While the international community kept a close eye on Sunday's nationwide municipal elections in Guinea, seen by many as a key test of the country's programme of democratic reforms, the voters apparently largely stayed home. allafrica.com /guinea   (315 words)

Timeline Guinea-Bissau 1998 Jun 11, Between 1,500 and 2,000 foreigners, mostly Portuguese, were evacuated by ship from the capital of Guinea-Bissau, where civil war raged. 1998 Nov 2, In Guinea-Bissau the government and rebels signed an agreement to end the 5-month civil war. 1974 Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony, became independent after a decade-long war. timelines.ws /countries/GUINEA_BISSAU.HTML   (610 words)

Guinea-Bissau A hospital for Africa In June 1998, as a result of inner conflicts in the government, an armed struggle began between the President, Nino Vieira, supported by troops from Senegal and Guinea Conakry, and the chief of General Staff Ansumane Manè, supported by 80% of the national army and a good part of the population... The hospital was not spared by the conflict: some patients and members of the staff of the hospital lost their lives during the evacuation of the more seriously ill patients. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a human development index of 0.297, putting it in 161st place of 174 countries. www.santegidio.org /en/amicimondo/bissau   (272 words)

US lifts sanctions against Guinea Bissau Roth noted that the lifting of sanctions did not automatically mean that consular activities, cut off in 1998 amid massive unrest that plunged Guinea-Bissau into civil war, would immediately resume. BISSAU - The United States has lifted sanctions imposed on Guinea Bissau after a coup last year, a government spokesman said, paving the way for a resumption of badly needed foreign aid for a country among the world's poorest. Presidential spokesman Thierno Kaly Balde said that interim President Henrique Rosa was officially notified Wednesday that sanctions imposed in the wake of a September 14 bloodless coup that ousted president Kumba Yala have been lifted. www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesnew/basket6st/basket6st1093582179.aspx   (287 words)

BBC NEWS World Africa Country profiles Country profile: Guinea-Bissau Compounding this, the country experienced a bitter civil war in the late 1990s in which thousands were killed, wounded and displaced. Formerly Portuguese Guinea, Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal in 1974 after a long struggle spearheaded by the left-wing African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Four years later he was ousted after he dismissed his army chief, thereby triggering a crippling civil war. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/country_profiles/newsid_1043000/1043287.stm   (628 words)

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