Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
The prospects for political stability in Guinea-Bissau appear to be good but are threatened by drug trafficking and organized crime, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today.
New York - Drug use by Guinea-Bissau's military has increased, which could result in armies of addicts threatening security as well as development, the UN said Thursday. Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, s...
Change of plan: we’re going to the islands off Guinea-Bissau with @atlanticrising for a few days, to do some recording (salt water hippos!) Change of plan: we’re going to… is a post from: Listen to Africa Change of plan: we’re going to… is a post from: Listen to Africa
The Nutt episode has revealed the limits of the Home Office's criminal justice approach to drugs policy The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was set up under the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) in 1971 on a premise that was thought radical at the time - an independent panel of heavy-weight experts from a range of fields would offer policy advice on drugs not just as a criminal justice issue,...
The Bissau Guinean leader has appointed Lawyer Michel Saad Amin as Attorney General to replace Luis Manuel Cabral, disclosed a decree published on Wednesday in the capital Bissau. Amine Saad Michel has already held this position in 2000 during the transition period after the 1998civil war. The appointment of Amine Saad Michel will also re-open the [...]
Why we're loving Guinea-Bissau (despite the dog's heads and drug barons) and a note on the next part of our journey through West Africa Into Guinea-Bissau: drug barons, dogs’ heads and difficult decisions is a post from: Listen to Africa
Strange but true: spent the afternoon watching ancient episodes of Roland Rat in a cafe in Guinea-Bissau Strange but true: spent the af… is a post from: Listen to Africa Strange but true: spent the af… is a post from: Listen to Africa
AllAfrica.com via UN News Service : In West Africa, the coast is more than just a simple marker between land and sea. It's also the home of millions - as much as 80 per cent of the populations of many countries live nearby - and a vital source of livelihoods and income thanks to the critical industries of fishing and tourism. Now the region's lifeline is under siege. Partly because of man-made climate...
1. Peasant agriculture is incompatible with economic development; Africa needs GM crops 2. Biopesticide averts locust plague in East Africa 3. Guinea Bissau farmers urged to diversify beyond rice, cashew 4. Private players worry about unfair competition as Ethiopian ruling party goes into coffee export 5. Liberia faces many post-war challenges to reviving agriculture 6. Could water scarcity cause international...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed cautious optimism over the progress of democracy in Guinea Bissau, where a series of political assassinations earlier this year threatened stability in the impoverished West African country.
Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
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