Reuters: Guinea-Bissau News

K1 Invest Ltd hedge fund to enter liquidation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:13:35 +0000

FRANKFURT, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A Caribbean-based fund operated by Germany's K1 hedge fund group will go into liquidation after its assets were frozen, the fund's director said in a letter to distributors.

K1 Invest Ltd hedge fund to enter liquidation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:13:15 +0000

UPDATE 1-Bail plea failure keeps K1 founder in jail

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:41 +0000

(Recasts to add prosecutor comment, adds detail, background)

West Africa may become major narcotics producer-UN

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:09 +0000

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - West Africa could soon change from a transit point for trafficking illegal drugs into a center for manufacturing them, the head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Thursday.

Senegal, Bissau deny border dispute

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:47:57 +0000

BISSAU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Senegal and Guinea-Bissau denied on Friday the two West African neighbours were engaged in a border dispute after a military build-up there this week prompted dozens of Bissau-Guinean civilians to flee.

Guinea-Bissau sends troops to Senegalese border

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:08:47 +0000

BISSAU, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau has sent troops to its border with Senegal, Bissau-Guinean sources said on Monday, but both West African countries dismissed reports of a brewing border dispute between the two.

West African CFA zone y/y inflation down - cen bank

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:45:01 +0000

LOME, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Year-on-year inflation in West Africa's CFA currency zone has maintained a steady fall since late last year and reached 0.2 percent deflation by the end of July, the region's central bank said on Thursday.

INTERVIEW-Venezuela says radars slow Africa cocaine flights

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:22:08 +0000

* Anti-drug chief says fighting drugs "like never before"

FACTBOX-West African elections in 2009

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:04:24 +0000

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Questionable elections in West Africa this year have been backward steps for democracy that may incite further power grabs on an unstable continent.

UPDATE 3-Sanha wins Guinea-Bissau presidential election

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:03:57 +0000

BISSAU, July 29 (Reuters) - Malam Bacai Sanha has won Guinea-Bissau's presidential election with 63 percent of the vote, defeating rival Kumba Yala in Sunday's run-off, the West African country's electoral commission said on Wednesday.