Malam Bacai Sanha wins presidency in West African nation of Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Malam Bacai Sanha is the new president of Guinea-Bissau, election officials said Wednesday. It was a rare, peaceful transition of power in the tiny West African nation, which has been wracked by coups, countercoups and a civil war.

Guinea-Bissau voters choose between 2 candidates to replace assassinated leader

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Voters in tiny Guinea-Bissau, battered by decades of coups and countercoups, cast ballots Sunday for a new president, hoping to elect someone who can bring peace and stability to their impoverished West African nation.

Few voters head to polls to replace slain president in Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — The unsolved murder of this country’s democratically elected president cast a long shadow over Guinea-Bissau as only small numbers of voters headed to the polls Sunday to choose their next leader.

Voters head to polls to replace slain president in Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — A trickle of voters headed to the polls to choose this tiny African country’s next leader, less than four months after the president was assassinated and following a campaign marred by the killing of a candidate.

Guinea-Bissau holds elections Sunday to replace slain president

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau, a West African country known for its political crises and coups, votes for a new leader on Sunday to replace the late President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, who was assassinated more than three months ago.

Guinea-Bissau says it has thwarted coup attempt, presidential candidate killed

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Authorities in Guinea-Bissau said Friday they foiled an attempted coup, and security forces killed two people allegedly involved, including a candidate in the West African nation’s upcoming presidential ballot.

Gunmen assassinate presidential candidate in Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Armed men wearing military uniforms burst into the home of a candidate in Guinea-Bissau’s upcoming presidential election and shot him to death, officials and family said Friday.

Guinea-Bissau president, army chief killed in attacks

NAIROBI/LISBON/BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira was shot dead in the capital Bissau early Monday, following the killing Sunday evening of army chief Batista Tagme Na Wai, media reports said.

Guinea Bissau army chief killed

NAIROBI/BISSAU - The head of the army of Guinea Bissau, General Batista Tagme Na Wai, was killed in an attack on the army headquarters in the capital Bissau, news reports said Monday.