Will Guinea-Bissau remain trapped in political chaos?

The parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for December 6, 2026, in Guinea-Bissau will not take place as planned. Aly Silva, spokesperson for transitional Prime Minister Ilidio Vieira Te, confirmed to DW that the vote had been postponed until …

Dozens freed from human trafficking scam in Guinea-Bissau

Bissau – Sitting on the steps outside judicial police headquarters, Jane from Sierra Leone recounts how she suffered attempted rape and other abuses at the hands of a criminal network dismantled in Guinea-Bissau. Like her, some 70 other individuals from …

Guinea-Bissau Natural Resources Minister to Join Petroguin Delegation at Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, ...

Júlio Mamadu Baldé, Guinea-Bissau’s Minister of Natural Resources, will attend MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2026 in Dakar at the invitation of Senegal’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Dr. El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf. National oil company Petroguin will …

Guinea-Bissau Halts US-Backed Hepatitis B Newborn Study Amid Global Ethical Backlash

A contentious, United States-funded clinical trial involving newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted following mounting concerns over bioethics, coercive consent and the dangers of deliberately withholding a proven vaccine from infants. According to the …

Guinea-Bissau hepatitis B trial: controversial study cancelled after police raid researchers’ offices

Leslie Liang New York, USA A controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial planned in Guinea-Bissau will not proceed, its principal investigator Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer has confirmed, after the country’s government refused to authorise the study. Schaltz- …

“Do not seek an ecclesiastical career”: Catholic Bishop in Guinea-Bissau Urges Seminarians to Embrace Service

“Closeness to the altar must make us closer to our brothers and sisters, closer to the poor, closer to the sick, closer to the abandoned and those who suffer,” the Local Ordinary of Bafatá since his Episcopal Ordination in June 2025 said. He added that …

Quick takes: CDC notes 3rd measles death, FDA OKs hepatitis B treatment, hep B vaccine seized in Guinea-Bissau

RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau raided by judicial police, who seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, …

“A Huge Relief”: Stand Up for Science Celebrates Stopping Controversial Hep-B Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 21, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Following the news that the controversial Hepatitis B vaccine safety study in Guinea-Bissau newborns has been canceled permanently, Stand Up for Science is celebrating the …

Trade Minister Receives Guinea-Bissau Ambassador

On 19 September, in Nouakchott, Mr. Lemrabott Ould Bennahi, the Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism, received HE Mr. Bailo Kassema, the Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea Bissau to Mauritania. The meeting focused on the cooperative …