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 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.