Stock left unsold as India, traditionally the top buyer, increases domestic production and political uncertainty deters others
June 2012
Boundaries of Casamance remain blurred after 30 years of conflict
A pocket of land between Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Gambia has played host to one of contemporary Africa's longest wars
April 2012
Guinea-Bissau coup suspected as military seizes parts of capital
Witnesses report explosions in Bissau as troops seal city centre and fire on prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior's residence
March 2012
Guinea-Bissau votes to elect president but military overthrow feared
Former military intelligence chief shot dead immediately after poll in country where a democratically elected head of state has never finished a term
January 2012
Malam Bacai Sanhá obituary
President of Guinea-Bissau and a stalwart of his country's struggle for liberation
Guinea-Bissau president dies in Paris
Malam Bacai Sanha dies following medical treatment in France and Senegal, two years after being elected president
Navy chief held in Guinea-Bissau after alleged coup attempt
Arrest of rear-admiral accused of drug-trafficking links may help bring stability to west African nation, analyst says
September 2011
Fugitive Black Panther socialised with US envoy in Guinea-Bissau
Convicted killer George Wright went undetected while living under his real name in Africa, former US ambassador says
April 2011
Other lives
Joyce Wainwright obituary
Other lives: Pioneer of social networks to promote reform, she was an active member of the Liberal party and great supporter of her MP husband, Richard Wainwright
April 2010
Guinea-Bissau prime minister freed after abortive coup
Relative of Carlos Gomes Junior says he has been released after brief detention by military
November 2009
Drug seizures in west Africa prompt fears of terrorist links
Al-Qaida is thought to have gained control of the cocaine trade flourishing in Guinea and Mali
June 2009
Luís Cabral
Presidential candidate in alleged coup plot killed
March 2009
The global drug charade
Mike Trace
Africa's first narco-state?
Caroline Sourt
Guinea-Bissau threatens return to bad old days in Africa
