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Furthermore, they stressed, “the date of the presidential election must also be set to take place in 2019.”
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On 24 May the group of five international partners of Guinea-Bissau - the African Union, CPLP, ECOWAS, European Union, and the United Nations - issued a statement expressing concern for the new political impasse and call for the “urgent” appointment of a new prime minister and government respecting the “sovereign will of the people of Guinea-Bissau” expressed in the 10 March legislative elections.
In the final communiqué of its 34th annual meeting, which took place this year in Bissau, the Heads of UN Peace Missions in West Africa urged all political parties represented at the National People's Guinea-Bissau "to work together constructively to enable that legislative body to focus on post-electoral priorities.
Guinea-Bissau journalists today mark the World Press Freedom Day dedicated to Journalism and Democracy with their first Gala of Excellence and a journalism class on TV.
A Civil Society Organizations Network for Public Policy Monitoring was formally established in Bissau today through a Constituent Assembly on April 26.
The African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won the legislative elections on March 10, with 47 of the 102 mandates in Parliament, the National Election Commission revealed today, at a press conference led by its president José Pedro Sambú.
761,676 bissau-Guineans were expected to vote yesterday for legislative elections.
Security Council yesterday took resolution 2458 extending the mandate of UNIOGBIS for one year until 28 February 2020.
After Côte d’Ivoire, the Security Council ended its 24-hour visit to Guinea-Bissau today after a last meeting with the President of the Republic, Jose Mario Vaz.
The Media Innovation Consortium of Guinea-Bissau (CMICS) was presented to the public today at a press conference in Bissau. To mark the occasion, it launched a grant competition for investigative journalism.
The Security Council issued a press statement today following the briefing on 21 December, on the special report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of UNIOGBIS and the latest political developments in Guinea-Bissau.