Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born on September 12, 1924 in the town of Bafata in Portuguese Guinea, wedged between what was then French Guinea and the French colony of Senegal, in West Africa.

Domingos Simoes Pereira, Braima Camara, or Nuno Nabiam-- would succeed him as president, declaring that, " Guinea-Bissau ...

He defended his press freedom record. “In the PALOP [Portuguese-speaking African] countries, Guinea-Bissau is the only country where a journalist insults the President of the Republic and goes to ...

According to Le Monde, Newspaper and online News platform in a surprising statement on Sunday, September 15, President Umaro ...

Francis will be the first pope to visit the country, where about 98 percent of its 1.3 million people are Catholics, since ...

Pope Francis arrived on Friday evening from Indonesia in Papua New Guinea, a country rich in natural resources, including gold, copper, nickel, oil, and gas. However, according to OXFAM, it has ...

If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and ...

Approximately 35,000 Catholics from across Papua New Guinea and Oceania came together at the venue, united in their faith and buoyed by the uplifting chants of the Port Moresby Catholic choir’s ...

Pope Francis was joined by more than 10,000 people for a youth festival held at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby on the final day of his apostolic visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), reminding ...

Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said Sunday he could be prepared to run for a second term if his supporters willed it ...