Guinea-Bissau NewsNews on Guinea-Bissau continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Cashew: Processing only way for W.A. to cash in- May 31, 2008 Cashew, originally grown in much of West Africa for reforestation and to prevent soil erosion, continues cultivating export and earnings potential for the region.http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/cashew-processing-only-way-for-w-a-to-cas... EU seeks ways to deploy more helicopters- May 29, 2008 European Union defence ministers agreed Monday to modernize their helicopters in order to meet some of the shortfalls facing the bloc's peace-keeping missions around the world.http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/eu-seeks-ways-to-deploy-more-helicopters?... Africa's first narco-state- May 27, 2008 Over the past 18 months, I've read numerous articles on how Guinea-Bissau is becoming the first narco-state in Africa.http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/africas-first-narco-state?fromrss=1 Route of Evil- May 25, 2008 Video The tiny West African country Guinea-Bissau has become the center for Columbia cartel cocaine shipments heading to Europe.http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/route-of-evil?fromrss=1 Int'l community offers more condolences, aid for China earthquake- May 23, 2008 More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China.http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/intl-community-offers-more-condolences-ai... .com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa- May 21, 2008 The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn C hambas, Wednesday praised civil society organisations for their role in the ongo i ng campaign to achieve the level of ratification required to make the ...http://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/com-features-news-analyses-and-roundups-o... Government assumes control of Guine Telecom and Guinetel- May 19, 2008 The government of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa has taken management control of national fixed line operator Guine Telecom and its mobile arm Guinetel, amid accusations that Portugal Telecom has effectively ... via TeleGeography CommsUpdatehttp://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/government-assumes-control-of-guine-telec... It's official: Portuguese spellings to match Brazil- May 17, 2008 Lawmakers on Friday adopted a widely contested standardization of Portuguese that will require hundreds of words to be spelled the Brazilian way. via Arizona Republichttp://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/its-official-portuguese-spellings-to-matc... Guesses for an extraordinary decade- May 15, 2008 "It would be a very bad thing if it lasted. Already there are some signs of it getting less. When it will entirely cease is difficult to say, but I think progressively it'll get less and less." Predictions are a tricky business, and experts who made theirs in 1960 little realised the tumultuous decade to follow. via BBC Newshttp://www.topix.net/world/guinea-bissau/2008/05/guesses-for-an-extraordinary-decade?fromr... |