COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s upcoming trip to Africa’s only Spanish-speaking nation will bring him to a Catholic country shaped by oil wealth, inequality and decades of authoritarian rule.

The junta that seized power in Guinea-Bissau in a coup in November has vowed to bring the revolutionary PAIGC party into government and has released its leader, former Prime Minister Domingos Simoes ...

Guinea-Bissau scheduled both legislative and presidential elections for December 6, 2026 by presidential decree. The transition government said conditions for “free, fair and transparent” elections ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said ...

Plans for a controversial U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau have been paused pending further review from national authorities.

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau's military junta has set a date for new elections following its takeover late last year, according to a statement by the junta's leader on Wednesday. In a ...

President of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye, left, walks alongside Guinea-Bissau Transitional President General Horta Inta-A-Na Man during an official ECOWAS mission to help resolve Guinea-Bissau's ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau's military junta has set a date for new elections following its takeover late last year, according to a statement by the junta's leader on Wednesday.