Africa Guinea-Bissau Siphiweka Baleka, a North American-Guinean athlete, denounced the existence of a "web" of corruption, discrimination and fraud in the swimming federation and at the level of the Guinea-Bissau Olympic Committee
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Bijagós archipelago is the third largest location in the world for green turtles Chelonia mydas hatching, and the most important in Africa; data are reported in new book coordinated by Portuguese biologist Paulo Catry freely accessible on the internet
Africa Guinea-Bissau The death of a young activist led to a funeral 'of protests' and sparked a wave of calls for the respect of human and civic rights by many of the local watchdogs, including the National Forum for Social Action FONAS, MDD-GB, and RENAJ
Africa Guinea-Bissau Following the temporary suspension of 14 radio stations for failing to pay the annual licensing fee, t he Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ called on authorities to stop using tax debts to silence media outlets
Africa Guinea-Bissau At the opening of the 2026 cashew season, government said it will strengthen control mechanisms to ensure that cashew nuts are exported legally, warning of losses amounting to $50 million annually because of smuggling