| 5,604,110 |
12.57361 |
-15.09389 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
The Guinea-Bissau military reported that four soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded when Guinea-Bissau troops were ambushed by separatist guerrillas from Senegal's southern Casamance region near the two nation's borders |
| 5,604,113 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Contract teachers, who constitute 60 percent of total academic staff, went on strike to claim seven months of unpaid wages and full government worker status on Monday, triggering fears of a third wasted school year. |
| 5,604,121 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Police and troops fired tear gas and live ammunition at 2,000 students and school children peacefully protesting the "indifference of the authorities" to the loss of an academic year because of teachers' strikes. Students responded by attacking government buildings, vehicles, and private property. One student was killed, four were injured. |
| 5,604,124 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Voters from the suburbs of Missira, Cuntum and "SOS Village" in Bissau barricaded the streets and confronted police to protest the absence of voting materials and subsequent delay in opening voting stations for the legislative elections |
| 5,604,129 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Heavily armed soldiers demanding the payment of arrears owed to them for their service in the UN peacekeeping force in Liberia marched through the capital, detained and killed the head of the armed forces and another senior officer, and entered into negotiations with the government. It is suspected the mutineers also had political and ethnic motivations related to the 2003 coup. |
| 5,604,132 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Teachers and health sector workers began a weeklong strike to protest unpaid salaries, over due by upwards of five months |
| 5,604,137 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
Over 3,000 people joined a Catholic Church-sponsored marched for peace as Guinea-Bissau prepares for presidential elections which will end the transitional government installed following the 2003 coup |
| 5,604,141 |
12.16667 |
-14.66667 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
The Catholic Church sponsored a march for peace as Guinea-Bissau prepares for presidential elections which will end the transitional government installed following the 2003 coup |
| 5,604,145 |
12.27056 |
-16.16583 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
The Catholic Church sponsored a march for peace as Guinea-Bissau prepares for presidential elections which will end the transitional government installed following the 2003 coup |
| 5,604,150 |
11.84 |
-15.29767 |
Guinea-Bissau |
|
150 to 300 supporters of ex-president Yala, who was deposed in a bloodless coup in September 2003, gathered to demand his immediate reinstatement as head of state. They were dispersed by police with tear gas while soldiers stood by. |
