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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has a new Representative in Guinea-Bissau. She is called Nadine Perrault and is a native of Haiti. Before being appointed UNICEF Representative for Guinea-Bissau, Dr. Nadine served as the Representative of the UNICEF Office in El Salvador, Central America…

Guinea-Bissau journalists today mark the World Press Freedom Day dedicated to Journalism and Democracy with their first Gala of Excellence and a journalism class on TV. "Being and seeming to be a journalist in Guinea Bissau" is the theme of the live lecture on the National Television of Guinea…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on 17 June, will hold an event at the French Cultural Center in Bissau to mark the conclusion of their two projects on protection of minors and prevention of trafficking in persons. The event…

Included in the final report to refer to the timely submission of reports to treaty bodies; addressing corruption, impunity, undertaking reforms (constitutional, judicial, SSR); establishing a national human rights institution compliant with the Paris Principles; implementing Terra Ranka and the…

About the electoral dispute the UN Deputy Secretary-General said she was satisfied that political actors had resorted to "legal means to resolve" it. Accompanied by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Sahel and Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, Special…

When there was no more money to buy fuel, the radio would stop working, "says Abdulai Tama Camara, director of Radio Lamparam, in Iemberem, in the heart of the Catanhez National Park, in the Tombali region. Since the 15 solar panels and eight batteries were installed, the radio benefits from 8 hours…

UN NY, 14 Feb. 2020 - Political discord in Guinea-Bissau could hamper the first-ever peaceful transfer of power to a democratically elected leader, the top UN official in the West African country told the Security Council on Friday. Rosine Sori-Coulibaly updated ambassadors on developments in the…

On 28 February 2020, the UN Security Council passed resolution 2512 extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Mission in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for the last time, until 31 December 2020. In passing the Resolution, the Security Council welcomed the presidential elections held…

The Ministry of Health has already adopted a National Response Plan, which costs around US $ 13 million and which is supported by WHO, the UN system in general and other international partners. On March 27, after a meeting, the Group of partners known as P5 - ECOWAS, CPLP, AU, EU and UN - decided,…

The website is called “Nobaschecker”, as Nobas is the Guiena-Bissau Crioulo Word for “News” and is managed by a Local Innovation Center, Innovalab. It gathers a broad community of fact verifiers involving journalists, doctors, economists from Guinea-Bissau and around the world, the site aims to…

Many governments have already announced measures to stimulate the financial system, safeguard small and medium-sized enterprises and protect families and workers. Other countries are studying emergency packages to try to reverse the impact of the pandemic. In Guinea-Bissau, which was already facing…

António Guterres also asked political actors to work in an inclusive way to form a new government, according to the Constitution. “The Secretary-General encourages all actors in Guinea-Bissau to work in an inclusive and constructive manner to implement the relevant ECOWAS decisions, particularly…

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