Media Alert: Portuguese News Network Highlights Work in Guinea-Bissau
Posted Feb 18 2011When: Tuesday, February 18, 2011 What: Article on BEFORE’s Workshop to Train National Conference Facilitators in Guinea-Bissau… read more
Guinea-Bissau
Looking Ahead: Guinea-Bissau’s Newly Elected President
Posted Jul 29 2009In July 2009, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau went to the polls to choose a new… read more
Media Alert: BEFORE CEO on Swiss Radio
Posted Jun 18 2009Who: Heinz Krummenacher, BEFORE CEO and swisspeace Managing Director What: DRS 4News, Switzerland’s 24-hour news station with… read more
On the Radio Waves in Guinea-Bissau
The 2009 assassinations of the President and Army Chief of Staff in Guinea-Bissau thankfully did not trigger… read more
Drug War Aggravates Existing Problems
Posted May 17 2009In recent years, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has become an important hub for cocaine trafficking… read more
My Vote Not for Sale: National Elections Part 2
With a volatile history, politics in Guinea-Bissau can be highly partisan, unstable and even violent. In 2005… read more
Supporting The Press Corps in Guinea-Bissau
What would happen if the press was paid by politicians and didn’t have access to job training?… read more
2008 Elections in Guinea-Bissau
Posted Dec 09 2008Despite one incident of post-elections violence, the people of Guinea-Bissau came out in strong force to vote for their leaders. A number of global media outlets, including BBC News, reported peaceful National Assembly
Safeguarding Security Reform in Bissau
Two days prior to a conflict assessment team leaving for Guinea-Bissau in 2004, the Chief of Staff… read more
Code of Conduct: National Elections Part 1
In 2005 approximately 600,000 people in Guinea-Bissau were preparing to vote for their first President since a… read more
