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· March, 2009
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Stories about Guinea-Bissau from March, 2009

6 March 2009

Guinea-Bissau: Mixed feelings after double killing

Written by Paula Góes ·

The speaker of Guinea-Bissau's parliament has been sworn in as interim leader after the President Joao Bernardo Vieira and the army chief Batista Tagme Na Waie were assassinated. A presidential...

2 March 2009

Guinea-Bissau: President's assassination sparks alarm at instability

Written by Paula Góes ·

Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in the first hours of this morning, a few hours after his long term rival, the country's army chief General Batista Tagme, was...

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