On 17 October, for an entire day, the Turkish energy company Karpowership cut off the power to the capital Bissau, as a debt of $15 million was accrued with the one company that supplies Guinea-Bissau with 100% of the electricity consumed in the country

Guinean economist Carlos Lopes was named economist of the year by 'Financial Afrik' for his book on the trap of self-delusion and Africa's dependence on Europe

The president of the Community Radio Network, Demba Sanhá, said that community radio stations face 'large sums charged' by the government to obtain permits

A nationwide integrated measles-rubella vaccination campaign has ben launched by the Ministry of Health for children aged six months to fourteen years; the last campaign was in 2019

The future of the country depends on its youth and its scientific and technological education, said the President of the Republic speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Umaro Sissoco Embaló Amphitheatre of the Amílcar Cabral Public University