Alfredo Lopes Cabral

Guinea-Bissau's president and prime minister were in army custody on Friday after troops staged an apparent coup just two weeks ahead of a presidential run-off vote in the chronically unstable west African country.A bodyguard of interim president Raimundo Pereira said soldiers arrested him at his home during the putsch on Thursday and took him to an "unknown destination."Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior -- tipped to win the ballot set for April 29 -- was also arrested and whisked away in a...Read Full Story

ABUJA (Reuters) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS will deploy troops to Guinea Bissau by Friday to oversee reform of the local army and a gradual one-year transition to civilian rule after an April 12 coup, Nigeria said on Monday. But the move was denounced by Guinea Bissau's main political party PAIGC, which wants an immediate return to civilian rule and accused ECOWAS of giving legitimacy to the coup leaders. The tiny coastal state has been plagued with coups and unrest since its 1974...Read Full Story

UN Chief Demands Immediate Return of Guinea-Bissau GovernmentReviewed by Adminnews on May 22.Rating: The United.......Read Full Story

UN chief urges return of Guinea-Bissau government Associated Press - 9 May 2012 18:47-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Read Full Story

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the United Nations wants an immediate restoration of the ousted government in Guinea-Bissau, which was overthrown by the military last month.Read Full Story

Guinea-Bissau's army chief General Jose Zamora Induta "is fine", two days after he was overthrown and detained in an army mutiny, an aide to President Malam Bacai Sanha told AFP Saturday.The statement came after the president asked a delegation headed by one of his advisors Mario Cabral to find out about the conditions under which Induta is being held, a source close to the president's office said.Induta had complained about soldiers using profanities when they arrested him on Thursday...Read Full Story

Guinea-Bissau's attorney general, tasked with investigating the murders of the tiny west African country's president and army head, said Tuesday he had received death threats.Luis Manuel Cabral said in a radio interview he had received numerous telephone threats and could no longer sleep at home."I have recently been receiving a lot of anonymous calls threatening me with death. I don't know who is making these calls," he said on Radio Bombolon."Moreover, I have not spent the night at my house...Read Full Story

Former NFL star Andre Rison was arrested in San Antonio Tuesday morning for public intoxication, according to TMZ.com.              Sources say Rison – who famously had his house burned down by then girlfriend Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes – arrived to the Crown Plaza Hotel with a friend around 2 a.m. and caused a scene when they learned the local bars had closed.               “We’re told the two then began to act ‘rambunctious’ in the lobby and cops had to be called,” TMZ reported...Read Full Story

The government of Guinea-Bissau has expressed its commitment to unravel drug scandal, vowing that it would not succumb to threats on the lives of the Justice Minister, Carmelita Pires and Attorney General, Luis Manuel Cabral, over the arrest of five people suspected of drugs trafficking. Carmelita Pires said though she is scared by the threats, the government would not be intimidated and would therefore continue to probe the country's major drug bust which has caused a stand off between...Read Full Story

Unreleased tracks featuring Tupac Shakur, Missy Elliott, Lil Mama, Chamillionaire, TLC, and Bobby Valentino, featured on new album from Grammy Award Winning rapper Left-EyeBOSTON (September 25, 2008) –Mass Appeal Entertainment (www.massappealmusic.com) today announced the release of the late Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes' last solo project EYE-Legacy (www.lefteyelegacy.com). Mass Appeal Entertainment in conjunction with the Lopes family will release the new disc on November 11th filled with 12...Read Full Story