Guinea-Bissau

The Secretary of State for Youth and Sport signed a contract with four federations - Wrestling, Athletics, Handball, Volleyball - to attract new national talents for the 2021-2022 season, part of the strategic plan for the development of sport

The head of the International Monetary Fund's mission in the country said that it is ranking first in the West African Economic and Monetary Union WAEMU, and advised the government to take balancing measures in the next budget

The Minister of Environment and Biodiversity recalled the country's considerable importance for sea turtle conservation, being home to one of the largest breeding populations of green turtles, an endangered species, with 20.000 breeding females

Athlete Yasmina Dias, recently crowned world champion of Jiu Jitsu in the 95 kg category at the Professional World Championship held in Abu Dhabi will present a project to launch the sport locally with the creation of a Federation

The Chinese construction company Jiangsu Tiangsu Grupo has delivered, among other things, 300 desks and chairs and 300 backpacks in the donation made to the "Escola Amizade Guinè-Bissau China" school, also built with the help of the Chinese company

The president of the Bissau Municipality announced the intention to use the green space of the district for cultural events, in particular to broadcast the matches of the national football team "the Djurtus" at the African Cup of Nations

Cases of leprosy have been reported among wild chimpanzees: the first confirmed case of leprosy in non-human animals on the African continent

The director of the Aeronautical Meteorology Service acknowledged that there are many things that need to be improved to make the weather forecasting more accessible, comprehensible and useful to the population

The Football Federation of Guinea Bissau has sent a letter to the Moroccan health authorities requesting a medical report on the Guinean players, who suffered food poisoning on the eve of the match with the local team

The Attorney General has ordered the opening of an investigation into the criminal liability of union leaders in the paralysed health sector due to a boycott of doctors, nurses and permanent technicians

The President of the Republic Umaro Sissoco Embaló will be part of the delegation of heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that will visit Guinea to meet the new authorities after the coup d'état

Security measures on its eastern and southern border with Guinea-Conakry have been strengthened after that country's special forces claimed to have captured the president and dissolved institutions

The death of the Imam of Mansoa is a blow by Muslims and Christians alike, as he was recognized as a man of dialogue, committed to peace throughout his life