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Guinea-Bissau: Spain debt swap project to be presented at UN conference – consul
Macau Business
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June 19, 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s debt swap project with Spain for social support will be presented at the UN conference on investment in development to be held from the 30th in Seville, a diplomatic source has said. The Spanish consul in Bissau, Lúcia Piñon...
Bissau-Guinean Bishop-elect Pledges to Foster “the spirit of meeting, listening, learning”, Not “start a revolution”
ACI Africa
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June 19, 2025
“I go to Bafatá with the spirit of meeting brothers, listening, and learning—whether from Clergy, Women and Men Religious, laypeople, or members of other faiths,” Mons. Quematcha said. Reflecting on the religious diversity of Guinea-Bissau, the...
Economy, health, education, top agenda as ECOWAS ministers meet in Abuja
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 19, 2025
Critical issues relating to economic integration, infrastructure development, health, education and agriculture were some of the issues topping the agenda at the opening of the 94th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Abuja on...
Starlink is now live in Guinea-Bissau, its 23rd African market
Technext
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June 18, 2025
SpaceX’s Starlink has taken a significant step in bridging Africa’s digital divide with the launch of its high-speed, low-latency internet service in Guinea-Bissau, as announced via an X post by @Starlink earlier today. The rollout, marked by an...
Kenny Archer: EMSONI and immigrants bring far more benefits than the racists can calculate
The Irish News
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AS I sat outside Windsor Park with my children recently, waiting for my wife to arrive and give us a lift home, a number of others leaving the stadium bade me farewell, calling me by name. ‘Do you know those people, daddy?’, asked my daughter....
Chinese doctors bring free clinics to Guinea-Bissau schools
China Daily Global
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Chinese doctor Chen Qiuyu measures the body temperature of a local student at the Samora Moises Machel High School in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, on Friday. XINHUA BISSAU — As dawn breaks in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, rows of...
Chinese doctors bring free clinics to schools in Guinea-Bissau
Xinhua News Agency
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BISSAU, June 15 (Xinhua) -- In the morning light of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, rows of students lined the corridors of a high school, their eyes bright with anticipation. Chinese doctors arrived with lectures, health check-ups, and...
“I cannot be a Bishop without you”: Bishop-elect for Guinea-Bissau’s Bafatá Diocese Calls for Collaboration
ACI Africa
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June 15, 2025
Reflecting on his own spiritual journey, Mons. Quematcha testified to the protective presence of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary throughout his life. “Despite challenges, the Virgin Mary will always intercede for us and God will always accompany...
Educational cooperation: The United Kingdom opens a British school in Dakar
Sene News
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June 11, 2025
The Secretary General of the Ministry of National Education, Khady Diop Mbodji, yesterday inaugurated the first British International School of Dakar. Nestled in the upscale Almadies district, this jewel of a school is a powerful symbol of...
Guinea-Bissau deploys efforts to digitize birth registration, national ID systems
Biometric Update
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June 10, 2025
Considerable efforts are underway to ensure the complete digitization, integration and modernization of the civil registration and national ID systems of Guinea-Bissau as the West African nation advances its digital transformation agenda. For...
Cleric commends Barrow for strengthening Islamic ties, interfaith peace
The Point
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"I am commending him for how he has aligned himself with and strengthened the religion of Islam in the country. The Supreme Islamic Council exists, Rawdatul Majalis exists, Ahmadiyya Movement exists and the Christian Council exists, but there is a...
West Africa must break trade barriers to unlock $500bn regional potential – says WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Nosakhale Akhimien (Channels TV): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged West African leaders to dismantle trade barriers, reduce costs, and think regionally...
Ecuador Revokes Visa-Free Transit for 34 African Countries
News Central TV
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June 23, 2025
Ecuador has officially revoked visa-free transit privileges for citizens of 45 countries, including 34 from Africa, in a sweeping overhaul of its immigration and border control policies. Under the new directive, travellers from the affected...
Ahead of Episcopal Ordination, Bishop-elect in Guinea-Bissau Cautions Youths against Despair, Urges Fraternity
ACI Africa
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June 11, 2025
The late Pope Francis appointed Mons. Quematcha as the Bishop of Bafatá Diocese on March 8. The Bissau-Guinean Episcopal See has been vacant since March 2021 with the passing on of Bishop Pedro Carlos Zilli. Born in April 1967 in Cúmura in the...
Minister of Education to speak at the opening of the CPLP ministers' meeting in São Tomé
Ver Angola
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"This is a matter that has been debated, not only in the context of this ministerial meeting but also in others, and which is linked to some concern about the funding that is available internationally to address issues related to the 2030 agenda...
Guinea-Bissau: Over 400 tonnes of plastic waste end up in the sea every year
Macau Business
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June 6, 2025
Guinea-Bissau produces 409 tonnes of plastic waste annually that ends up in the sea despite a law prohibiting the production and sale of plastic bags, according to the Guinean government and the United Nations. In a message also signed by the...
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Departs For Macau After Official Visit To Malaysia
Bernama
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June 5, 2025
SEPANG, June 5 (Bernama) -- The President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, departed for Macau today after concluding a three-day official visit to Malaysia, which marked the first-ever visit by a head of state from...
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Concludes Visit By Planting Merbau Tree At Laman Perdana
Bernama
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June 5, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, concluded his three-day official visit to Malaysia by planting a Merbau tree at the Perdana Botanical Garden here today. Embalo and his delegation arrived at...
Catechists in Bissau-Guinean Diocese Urged to Be “living instruments of God’s love, signs of hope”
ACI Africa
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June 9, 2025
“This hope comes from Christ’s love and resurrection. It is this certainty that should animate every Catechist to bring a living and transformative message to their students,” he said. In his June 7 homily, the Local Ordinary of Bissau since his...
Guinea-Bissau president visits iconic Petronas Twin Towers
The Sun Daily
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June 4, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is on a three-day official visit to Malaysia, visited the iconic Petronas Twin Towers today. Embalo and his delegation arrived at 2.20 pm and were welcomed by Petronas...