The Portuguese version of UNICEF’s annual flagship report The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child Survival was launched on 20 March in Guinea...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Feeding school-children in the land of plenty

This outer island in Guinea Bissau’s remote Bajago Archipelago is one of the most beautiful. The 283 inhabitants are mostly penniless but they have...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Eating sacred turtles

Of the many species of wild birds and animals that inhabit the 88 Bijago islands spread over more than 10,000sqkm none is more sacred than the...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Drug intermediary [anonymous], “I can get you all the cocaine you need”

This tiny impoverished nation has developed a new industry in the last few years, becoming a major transhipment point for drugs between South America...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment: an island's dilemma

Saico Djau is a very frustrated laboratory technician and HIV counsellor. After testing people for HIV and informing them of their status there is...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment – an island’s dilemma

Saico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second...

Gambia Awarded Fair Play Trophy

The Gambian team has been awarded the fair play trophy in the just concluded Amilcar Cabral Zone II tournament held in Guinea Bissau.This was...

Gambia win Zone II Fair Play trophy

The Gambia have been awarded the Fair Play trophy in the recently concluded Zone II football tournament played in Guinea Bissau, Observer...

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Guinea Bissau – country of the cashews

One thing I will always associate Guinea Bissau with is the amount of cashews they have. We drove through forests of cashew trees and right now is...

Guinea-Bissau - West African CFA Franc

Country Name Currency Currency Code Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc XOF

Nice roads in Bissau