Guinea-Bissau

  • Sep 27, 2016
  • 7 min read

Party fractures to weigh on Guinea-Bissau's IMF deal

Recent political and donor financing deals aim to turn around one of West Africa's most dysfunctional states

Guinea-Bissau
  • Oct 13, 2015
  • 2 min read

New cabinet does not spell stability in Guinea-Bissau

Negotiations over the allocation of portfolios in the new cabinet could return the country to crisis

Guinea-Bissau
  • Sep 15, 2015
  • 6 min read

Effort to curb illicit logging in Africa to fall short

The illicit timber trade is depriving states of substantial revenues, but forms only part of deforestation pressures

Africa
  • Sep 10, 2015
  • 2 min read

Party pressure to weaken Guinea-Bissau leader's hand

The president is being forced into a corner by the courts, parliament and regional states

Angola
  • Aug 26, 2015
  • 2 min read

Guinea-Bissau tensions to escalate unless Vaz relents

Fractious, personalised battles are not unusual in the region's most coup-prone country

Guinea-Bissau
  • Aug 13, 2015
  • 2 min read

Talks will not solve Guinea Bissau tensions

Despite reforms to contain the military, the constitutional set-up disposes the country to intra-executive tensions

Guinea-Bissau
  • May 6, 2015
  • 2 min read

Progress on Guinea Bissau reforms is not guaranteed

Donors are supportive but wary of Guinea-Bissau's new government; no elected predecessor has completed a full term

Guinea-Bissau
  • Dec 17, 2014
  • 6 min read

SEC mulls using IFRS accounting rules over US GAAP

The Commission might replace US GAAP accounting standards with IFRS, currently used by all but seven countries

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