BISSAU, 28 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - State schools remained shut in the capital of Guinea Bissau on Monday despite government promises to open classes for the new school year, which was already supposed to have started almost two months ago. Full report

BISSAU, 10 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Guinea-Bissau got its new government on Wednesday after nearly two weeks of institutional paralysis, but with the volatile countrys largest political party left on the outside looking in, promises of national unity look to have gone unfulfilled. Full report

BISSAU, 2 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira appointed a long-time ally as prime minister on Wednesday, days after sacking the government of his political arch rival Carlos Gomes Junior. Full report

BISSAU, 31 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - It took less than a month for Guinea-Bissau's fragile political cohabitation to collapse. The new president, Joao Bernardo Vieira, has announced the dissolution of the government headed by his rival Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior. Full report

BISSAU, 26 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Guinea-Bissau's government has announced the destruction of its stockpile of roughly 5,000 landmines but disposing of the ones already in the ground is likely to prove far more difficult. Full report

BISSAU, 14 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Guinea-Bissau has become West Africas main transit point for drugs on their way from South America to Europe, according to the country's top drug enforcement official.Full report

BISSAU, 13 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - After giving each other the cold shoulder for almost two weeks, Guinea-Bissau's new President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior have finally met in a bid to set aside personal differences and heal a country in crisis.Full report

BISSAU, 12 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Deaths in the cholera epidemic raging in tiny Guinea-Bissau have passed the 300 mark, prompting authorities to ban the sale of drinks and food by street vendors as well as forbid all traditional ceremonies. Full report

BISSAU, 3 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - West African leaders are urging quick international assistance for Guinea-Bissau, whose new president Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was sworn in this weekend facing a massive cholera epidemic and fears of continuing instability. Full report

BISSAU, 21 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - A cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau is showing no sign of fading with all regions of the impoverished country now affected and more than 4,000 new cases of the disease reported so far this month, officials said. Full report

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