04.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Guinea-Bissau 'plotter' arrested"

A man accused of plotting the attack on the president's home is detained [ID 110113]

02.12.2008 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country [S/2008/751]"

Report of the UN Secretary-General on developments since September 2008 (political developments and elections, military developments, drug trafficking and organised crime, human rights) [ID 110573]

28.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Factbox - Zimbabwe suffers cholera epidemic" , Author: Reuters

Information on cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan and Angola [ID 109917]

24.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Guinea-Bissau leader survives post-election attack" , Author: Reuters

President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira survived an attack by renegade soldiers after the results of parliamentary elections were rejected by an opposition leader [ID 109675]

23.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"G-Bissau leader's home under fire"

Soldiers storm home of president Vieira in what appears to have been failed coup attempt; president survives, one soldier loyal to him killed [ID 109602]

21.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"High hopes for new government"

Article on the political situation after the parliamentary elections [ID 109587]

21.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Poll to bring G-Bissau stability"

Former ruling party African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) wins parliamentary majority [ID 109599]

16.11.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Guinea Bissau votes amid hopes for stability" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Country votes in parliamentary elections which observers hope will stabilise country [ID 109325]

15.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Cautious optimism ahead of parliamentary poll"

Some citizens fear violence in country long plagued by unrest ahead of polls, while international observers are optimistic [ID 109273]

24.10.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Cholera epidemic spreading quickly" , Author: Reuters

Cholera epidemic spreading quickly [ID 108026]

15.10.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

" Child trafficking on the decline say local authorities"

According to local authorities, child trafficking from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal is on the decline; 312 children intercepted on the border near Bafata in 2007 comped to just 111 so far in 2008 [ID 107588]

08.10.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Government workers strike for back pay"

Hundreds of public sector workers, including nurses, doctors and civil servants, are striking over salary arrears, leaving basic services running at minimum capacity [ID 107220]

10.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"A Detrimental Environment to the Work of Human Rights Defenders; International fact-finding mission" , Author: OMCT, FIDH

Report on conditions of work of human rights defenders in Guinea-Bissau (historical and political context; legal framework relevant to human rights activities; obstacles to work of human rights defenders) [ID 109143]

29.09.2008 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country [S/2008/628]"

Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau since June 2008 (political developments, social and economic aspects, military and security aspects and human rights) [ID 107511]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106260]

27.08.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Cholera epidemic claims more lives"

Up to 3,160 people have contracted cholera, 73 people have died across country [ID 104936]

12.08.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Guinea-Bissau coup plotter held"

The alleged leader of a coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau last week is arrested in the Gambia [ID 103484]

06.08.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Uncertain future as President dissolves government"

President Joao Bernardo Vieira announced he had dissolved parliament on 5 August replacing Prime Minister Martinho Ndafa Cabi of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) with Prime Minister, Carlos Correia [ID 103267]

31.07.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Key political events since independence"

Information on key political events since independence in 1970s [ID 102531]

30.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Bissau drugs probe death threats"

Attorney general has received death threats as he investigates a cocaine smuggle [ID 102014]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99631]

07.2008 - Source:World Health Organization 

"Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections"

Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (data on HIV/AIDS and STIs prevalence, health service and care indicators, prevention indicators) [ID 102523]

20.06.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Country of Origin Information Report; Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)"

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM) (practice, legal framework, protection) in 53 African countries [ID 101174]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest; Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders and on obstacles to freedom of association in 2007 [ID 98674]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]