Guinea-Bissau

  • Jun 12, 2017
  • 12 min read

Slow reform may hurt West African monetary bloc's rise

Solid growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) masks the ongoing dominance of its larger economies

West Africa
  • Jun 7, 2017
  • 7 min read

Guinea-Bissau deadlock will threaten fragile growth

Progress on implementing the provisions of the Conakry Agreement is proving elusive

Guinea-Bissau
  • Nov 7, 2016
  • 2 min read

Guinea-Bissau's president will struggle to reform

Political instability that has persisted since 2015 has plagued the presidency of Jose Mario Vaz

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