SPANISH police have arrested a special adviser to the prime minister of Guinea-Bissau on the island of Tenerife in connection with a sweeping investigation into corruption and drug trafficking allegedly involving police officers, authorities confirmed on Friday. Mohamed Jamil Derbah, a Lebanon-born Tenerife resident and political appointee in Guinea-Bissau, has been identified as the suspected … Read more
FOUR foreign nationals convicted in Guinea-Bissau for trafficking over 2.6 metric tons of cocaine have been transferred to the United States to face additional federal charges, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. The men — Ramon Manriquez Castillo (a dual US-Mexican citizen), Edgar Rodriguez Ruano (Mexico), Fernando Javier Escobar Tito (Ecuador), and Anderson Jair Gamboa Nieto … Read more
GUINEA-BISSAU’S opposition has vowed to paralyse the country on Thursday in protest against President Umaro Sissoco Embalo’s disputed mandate, further inflaming political tensions in the coup-prone West African nation. According to Reuters, opposition leaders argue that Embalo’s five-year term ends on February 27, while Guinea-Bissau’s Supreme Court of Justice has ruled it extends until September 4. … Read more
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin welcomed Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo to the Kremlin on Wednesday, marking another step in Moscow’s strategy to strengthen its economic and security presence in West and Central Africa. The meeting comes as Russia continues to cultivate relationships with African nations through trade, infrastructure projects, and military cooperation. According to Reuters, Russian metals tycoon … Read more
GUINEA-BISSAU’S security forces have arrested Flavio Batica Ferreira, an opposition lawmaker, during what authorities described as a ‘mystic ceremony’ allegedly intended to enhance the chances of a coup d’état, a security source told AFP on Wednesday. Ferreira, a dual national of Guinea-Bissau and France, was detained on Sunday near Pitche, a town close to the border with … Read more
IN a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, Guinea-Bissau authorities have seized 2.63 tons of cocaine aboard an aircraft arriving from Venezuela. The haul was discovered during a raid at Bissau’s Osvaldo Vieira International Airport on Saturday afternoon. Police recovered 78 bales of the illegal substance hidden on the Gulfstream IV aircraft. The plane’s five-member … Read more
EIGHT women in the remote north of Guinea-Bissau were reportedly poisoned and murdered, a top official said on Thursday. The ladies were accused of practising witchcraft, according to AFP reports. Trojan News reports that an animist priest forced the women to swallow poison when two children in the Cacheu district of Culade died suddenly from illness. … Read more