BISSAU, March 4 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially ...

Embalo, a former brigadier general, served as Guinea-Bissau's prime minister between 2016 and 2018. Originally a member of the PAIGC, he joined the MADEM G15 group, a breakaway faction. Calls for ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A mission by a West African regional bloc sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve a dispute ... it has struggled to reverse coups in the region and disputes with citizens ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said he will run for a second term in November, amid tensions with an opposition that refuses to recognize him as ...

The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was ...

Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of approximately 1.9 million. Guinea-Bissau borders Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south, and its ...

Guinea-Bissau President to Run for Second Term, Backtracking on Vow to Step Down BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in ...