Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau excited about herbal remedy purported to cure coronavirus.
Guinea-Bissau
![Umaro Sissoco Embalo is a former army general and prime minister [File: Seyllou/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dfd18d171260481ebe9829d3181cfd78_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
West African bloc recognises former PM as president but also calls for constitutional reform to be put to a referendum.
![Students in Kenya arrive at an event advocating against female genital mutilation (FGM), which causes multiple mental and physical health problems [Siegfried Modola/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ed4eb14288274337a420fa6ae797276b_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
FGM severely hampers career prospects and economic opportunities for 200 million women and girls.
Anti-narcotic agencies say Latin American traffickers use Guinea-Bissau as a transit point to Europe.
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Electoral body claims Embalo won most votes in runoff, but opponent Domingos Simoes Pereira says will contest result.
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Presidential hopeful Embalo claims victory but opponent who led first round urges country to wait for official results.
![President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government saying the political situation was undermining the normal functioning of state institutions in the country [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/22caceb76a224e8296580e660bcc109f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
President Vaz out of second round of voting which will be contested by Domingos Simoes Pereira and Umaro Cissoko Embalo.
Ten years after Guinea-Bissau’ parliament backs truth and reconciliation commission, government is yet to probe hundreds of political assassinations.
President Jose Mario Vaz seeks re-election amid stiff opposition from frontrunner Domingos Simoes Pereira.
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Twelve candidates contest presidential election many hope will bring stability to West African country.
Incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz is running against 11 other candidates, including two of the prime ministers he fired while in office.
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Hundreds of thousands of voters due to cast ballots on Sunday amid hopes the poll will bring political stability.
President Jose Mario Vaz will be first democratically-elected president of Guinea-Bissau to have completed his mandate – but his mandate has been anything but stable.
Jose Mario Vaz sacks Aristide Gomes intensifying bitter power struggle with the ruling party before next month’s poll.