Guinea Bissau: Beyond Compromises - Reform Prospects in Guinea-Bissau

ICG (Brussels)-Executive summary and recommendations of the report Beyond Compromises: Reform Prospects in Guinea-Bissau:

Guinea-Bissau at crossroads, analysts say

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The death of the president of Guinea-Bissau in January, just weeks after a reported coup, provides the country with a make-or-break opportunity, analysts say.

Guinea Bissau: Possibilities and Pitfalls Following President's Death

IRIN (Nairobi)-The death of Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha on 9 January from health complications could either perpetuate the instability that has long plagued the country, or provide an opportunity for political parties to negotiate a smooth, constitutional transfer of power which could in turn help shore up the country's development, say analysts and diplomats.

Thousands in Guinea-Bissau mourn late president

Thousands of residents and dignitaries gathered Sunday to pay their final respects to Guinea-Bissau's late President Malam Bacai Sanha.

Guinea-Bissau buries president

BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau buried president Malam Bacai Sanha on Sunday, and its interim leader appealed to all factions in the country to avoid a power struggle before new elections to choose a successor. Sanha's death in a Paris clinic last week after months of poor health has prompted the United States to warn of the risk of unrest in a coastal state which has suffered repeated coups ...

Guinea-Bissau buries president, seeks stability

BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau buried president Malam Bacai Sanha on Sunday, and its interim leader appealed to all factions in the country to avoid a power struggle before new elections to choose a successor. Sanha's death in a Paris clinic last week after months of poor health has prompted the United States to warn of the risk of unrest in a coastal state which has suffered repeated coups ...

Late president's body flown back to Guinea-Bissau

The body of Guinea-Bissau's late President Malam Bacai Sanha has been flown back from Paris to the this tiny, coup-prone nation a day before the funeral.

National radio: Guinea-Bissau president dies

President Malam Bacai Sanha, who was elected in this tiny, coup-prone nation on Africa's western coast about two years ago after the previous leader was assassinated, died Monday in Paris after a lengthy hospitalization.

Guinea-Bissau's Sanha to be buried Sunday

The body of Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha, who died in a Paris hospital earlier this week, will be flown back Saturday and buried the next day, a foreign ministry official said.

Guinea-Bissau: Institutions must be respected in transition

The Security Council today encouraged the Government, political parties and people of Guinea-Bissau to respect the country’s legal institutions during the transition following the death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá and ensure peaceful, timely and ...