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

The FAO representative in Guinea-Bissau, Mohamed Hamma Garba, stated that over 107.000 people in the country, around 7% of the population, face severe food insecurity

The government urged the Chinese company GMG Internacional SA, which operates the Varela heavy sands mine, to commit to fulfilling its social responsibility by rehabilitating schools and improving the road section serving the premises

Guinea-Bissau's High Commissioner for the Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah signed an agreement formalising the participation of 751 Guinean worshippers in the event to be held in May from 26 to 11 June

The Ghanaian ECOWAS contingent offered a solidarity lunch to the children and staff of the 'Lar de Vida - Betel' orphanage in the Quelele district on the outskirts of the Guinean capital Bissau