Stories about Guinea-Bissau from January, 2008
Lusosphere: Child survival
UNICEF has just published its annual analysis of the mortality rate of children under 5 years. Among the conclusions, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor and Cape Verde have rates far above the admissible, considering Brazil as the standard intermediate and Portugal as the only one...
Guinea-Bissau: The last years of Portuguese rule
“The Diário da Guiné [Guinea Diary], by our mate Antonio Abreu, talks about everything, or nearly everything, that happened in those terrible years of 72 to 74, the last years of Portuguese sovereignty in Guinea”. Luis Graça [pt] recommends the book to anyone who is interested in the country's history.
