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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: Mixed feelings after double killing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speaker of Guinea-Bissau's parliament has been sworn in as interim leader after the President Joao Bernardo Vieira and the army chief Batista Tagme Na Waie were assassinated. A presidential election must be organized within two months. The army has withdrawn from the streets, and bloggers have reported that life in the city has begun to return to normal, although many people remain very scared.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The speaker of Guinea-Bissau&#39;s parliament, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Pereira">Raimundo Pereira</a>, has been sworn in as interim leader after <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/02/guinea-bissau-presidents-assassination-sparks-alarm-at-instability/">an attack on Monday</a> killed the President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Bernardo_Vieira">Joao Bernardo Vieira</a>, hours after the killing of the army chief <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista_Tagme_Na_Waie">Batista Tagme Na Waie</a>. The interim president has two months to organise a new presidential election, in line with the country&#39;s constitution. As the army has withdrawn from the streets, bloggers have reported that life in the city has begun to return to normal in the less than 24 hours after the murders, but there is still uncertainty about both what has happened and the immediate future.</p>
<p>The situation might have calmed down since Monday, but many people remain very scared, fearing the return of war. A Portuguese teacher living in Guinea-Bissau, <a href="http://afric-ana.blogspot.com/2009/03/nao-mais-poilao-de-bra.html">Ana Cláudia</a> [pt] reports on a conversation with her best friend the day after the assassination:</p>
<blockquote><p>Foi a olhar para ela e a ouvir as explicações dela que “acordei” do estado de ignorância ou inconsciência em que estava até então. Veio carregar o telemóvel. Depois com olhos de quem tinha estado a chorar e com voz de assustada contou: “Não dormi. Toda a noite muitos tiros. (…) Os meninos ficaram em casa. (…) Sim, vou voltar para casa depois de carregar o telemóvel, vou ficar com os meninos. (…) Ninguém dormiu nada. Todas as pessoas estão muito assustadas. Algumas pessoas já começaram a fugir.”<br />
A fugir? Então atingiu-me. As pessoas estavam com medo.<br />
Ainda na 5ª feira passada, à tarde, ouvi guineenses louvar e chamar com alegria pelo Presidente Nino / General Cabi que passava na Avenida 14 de Novembro ao regressar ao país após duas semanas de ausência, e por isso muitos guineenses choram a sua morte e estão muito tristes, mas mais do que isso esta madrugada o povo guineense assustou-se, reviveu os momentos de terror da guerra que acabou há menos de 10 anos.</p>
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<div class="translation">I went to look at her and heard an explanation that &#8220;awoke&#8221; me from the state of ignorance or stupidity that I had been in up to then. She came to charge her mobile phone. Then, with the eyes of someone who had been crying, in a frightened voice, she said: &#8220;I did not sleep. [There were] Many shots all night. (&#8230;) The boys are at home. (&#8230;) Yes, I&#39;ll go home after charging the mobile, I&#39;ll stay with the boys. (&#8230;) Nobody has slept. Everyone is very scared. Some people have started to flee&#8221;. To flee? So it hit me. People were scared. Only last Thursday afternoon, I heard the Guinean people praising President Nino/General Cabi who were passing along [the main road] 14 de Novembro on their return to the country after two weeks of absence. So many Guineans have mourned his death and are very sad, but more than that, this morning the Guinean people are scared of reliving the moments of terror of the war that ended more than 10 years.</div>
<p><a href="http://bissau-lisboa-bissau.blogspot.com/2009/03/de-bissau.html">HPC</a> [pt], another Portuguese lady living in Guinea-Bissau, confirms this general mixed feeling of fear, hope and tiredness. She says she notices how sad people are, but believes that only people from Guinea-Bissau can &#8220;carry on with the same smile&#8221; in such a situation. She felt like taking some pictures, but the police would not allow it:</p>
<blockquote><p>Houve medo nos bairros de Bissau. Lá está-se vulnerável pois não há grossas paredes para proteger nem que seja do estrondo das bombas. Está-se rente ao chão &#8230; à mercê.</p>
<p>Para além do medo há vergonha. Vergonha de terem um país que só é notícia pelas piores razões (como se diz em linguagem de noticiário). Um país onde se matam os dirigentes políticos e onde nunca se sabe quem o fez. E não há nada mais triste do que ver os guineenses com vergonha.</p>
<p>Quanto aos acontecimentos, depois de uma segunda-feira de reclusão, hoje fui tentar trabalhar e tive que fugir para casa porque havia confusão no Bandim. Primeiro constou que sem tiros, logo a seguir já os havia. Vim por atalhos porque a polícia tinha cortado o trânsito na Chapa. Passei por bairros e pensei &#8220;Tenho que fotografar isto para o blog&#8221; e senti-me culpada por esse olhar de repórter de meia-tigela.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">There was fear in the neighborhoods of [the capital] Bissau. They were vulnerable because there are no thick walls to protect them even from the noise of the bombs. They are exposed&#8230; close to the ground. Beyond fear, there is shame. They are ashamed of having a country that is only in the news for the worst of reasons (as they say in news jargon). A country where political leaders are killed and you never know who did it. And there is nothing sadder than seeing an ashamed Guinean. As for what is going on, after spending Monday at home, today I tried to go to work and had to flee back home because there was confusion in Bandim. At first there were no shots, it started soon after. I came back via shortcuts because the police had stopped the traffic in Chapa. I went through some neighborhoods and thought &#8220;I have got to shoot it for the blog&#8221; and I felt guilty for this two-bit reporter&#39;s view.</div>
<p><a href="http://anaesimao.blogspot.com/2009/03/vida-volta-ao-normal.html">Ana e Simão</a> [pt] reported the city was calmer on the 3rd of March:</p>
<blockquote><p>As estradas de entrada e saída da cidade reabriram, sem militares nos controlos. O comércio voltou a funcionar. Mas tudo é imprevisível. A pessoas revelam uma alegria e alívio contidos (morreu um homem sanguinário, responsável em grande parte pela situação a que o país chegou). Contêm também a tensão e a expectativa, foi aparentemente um bom acontecimento, mas a Guiné sempre foi imprevisível. Volta-se a tentar fazer a vida normal, volta-se a ter esperança:<br />
-&#8221;É agora que o país levanta - (onde é que já ouvi isto?). Que Nino descanse em paz e nos deixe descansar.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The in and out roads to the city have reopened, with no military controls. Businesses are back to work. But everything is unpredictable. People show restrained joy and relief (a bloodthirsty man has died, he has a great responsibility for the shape this country is in). They restrain tension and expectation, it was apparently a good event, but Guinea has always been unpredictable. Back to trying to make life normal, back to hope: - &#8220;Now the country rises - (where have I heard this?). I hope Nino will rest in peace and let us rest.&#8221;</div>
<p>And blogged <a href="http://anaesimao.blogspot.com/2009/03/o-que-se-passa.html">again on the 5th</a>, this time on people&#39;s expectations for the upcoming elections:</p>
<blockquote><p>É impossível sabermos a curto prazo - e provavelmente a longo prazo - pormenores sobre os assassinatos. O que sabemos é que os funerais estão marcados para sábado (Tagme Na Waye) e 3ª feira (Nino Vieira). Sabemos que se vão marcar eleições ainda este ano e sabemos que Kumba Yalá se vai candidatar e com certeza proporcionar campanhas animadas. Sabemos que a melhor alternativa é o Dr. Henrique Rosa, mas tem pouca aceitação fora de Bissau.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">It is impossible to know in the short term - and probably in the long term - details of the murders. What we do know is that the funerals are scheduled for Saturday (Tagme Na Waye) and Tuesday (Nino Vieira). We know that elections will be held this year and we know that [former president] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumba_Yala">Kumba Yala</a> will run for office and surely he will provide a lively campaign. We know that the best alternative is Dr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_Rosa">Henrique Rosa</a>, but he has little support outside [the capital] Bissau.</div>
<p>One of the most vocal bloggers during this conflict, <a href="http://ditaduradoconsenso.blogspot.com/2009/03/algo-que-nunca-desejei.html">António Aly Silva</a> [pt] has published some <a href="http://ditaduradoconsenso.blogspot.com/2009/03/exclusivo-nino-viera-tombou-aqui.html">pictures with strong content</a> showing the scene where the president was assassinated. He says he wished his blog had gained attention for less sadder reasons, and this was not the first time:</p>
<blockquote><p>Desde o fim da guerra de 1998/99, já assistimos a quantos assassinatos na Guiné-Bissau? Antes mesmo dessa guerra, quantas personalidades deste País desapareceram em circunstâncias ainda hoje por esclarecer? Quantos filhos desta terra, os mais bem intencionados, foram eliminados? Quantos não vimos partir, um por um, traídos, submetidos a julgamentos humilhantes, muitas vezes sumários e, de seguida, abatidos como gado? Se o povo guineense não se erguer, será espezinhado e humilhado. Como tem sido desde 1973.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Since the end of the 1998/99 war, how many killings have we witnessed in Guinea-Bissau? Even before this war, how many personalities in this country have disappeared in still unclear circumstances? How many children of this land, the best intentioned people, have been eliminated? How many have we seen leaving, one by one, betrayed, subjected to humiliating trials, often gagged, and then slaughtered like cattle? If the people of Guinea do not rise up, they will be trampled and humiliated. As they have been since 1973.</div>
<p><a href="http://ditaduradoconsenso.blogspot.com/2009/03/purgas.html">In another post</a> [pt], a day after the President&#39;s assassination, António fears more violence:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ex-ministros guineenses ligados a &#8220;Nino&#8221; Vieira estão a receber ameaças de prisão ou de morte na sequência dos assassínios no país, disse hoje o antigo chefe da diplomacia do país, Soares Sambú.</p>
<p>Há &#8220;pelo menos nove nomes&#8221; de personalidades políticas que estão a ser &#8220;perseguidas&#8221;.</p>
<p>Segundo Soares Sambú, a &#8220;lista&#8221; inclui nomes como os ex-ministros da Defesa Helder Proença, Marciano Barbeiro e Daniel Gomes, o ex-ministro da Economia e Finanças Issufo Sanhá, os dos antigos secretários de Estado Isabel Buscardini, Roberto Cacheu e Baciro Dabó (antigo chefe da antiga secreta guineense) e ainda o empresário Manuel dos Santos (&#8221;Manecas&#8221;), além do próprio Soares Sambú.</p>
<p>Sobre o paradeiro de João Cardoso, ex-chefe de gabinete do Presidente da República, Soares Sambú afirmou desconhecê-lo, admitindo porém que o homem forte do regime esteja em segurança, mas em local desconhecido.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Ex-Guinean ministers linked to &#8220;Nino&#8221; Vieira have received threats of imprisonment or death following the killings in the country, said the country&#39;s former head of diplomacy, Soares Sambú, today. There are &#8220;at least nine names&#8221; of politicians who are being &#8220;persecuted.&#8221; According Sambú Soares, the &#8220;list&#8221; includes the names of former Ministers of Defense Helder Proença, Marciano Barber and Daniel Gomes, former Minister of Economy and Finance Issufo Sanhá, former Secretaries of State Isabel Buscardini, Roberto Cacheu and Baciro Dabó (former Interior Minister) and the entrepreneur Manuel dos Santos (&#8221;Maneco&#8221;), in addition to that of Soares Sambú. As for João Cardoso&#39;s whereabouts, Soares Sambú claimed not to know where the former head of the President’s cabinet is, but assumed that the strong man is safe, however in an unknown location.</div>
<p>Nino Vieira had a troubled political career. He was the president from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. In 1980, Vieira seized power and ruled for 19 years. In 1994, he won the presidential election but was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war. He made a political comeback winning the 2005 presidential election and had been in power ever since. Apparently, not everyone will miss the leader. In a comment left on Global Voices in Portuguese, <a href="http://pt.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/02/guine-bissau-assassinato-do-presidente-traz-risco-de-instabilidade/#comment-3099">Miguel Angelo</a> calls for the President&#39;s assets to be confiscated:</p>
<blockquote><p>Como Gunieense, essa triste notícia vem abalar mais ainda a nossa penosa reputação.<br />
O nosso país tem até hoje a fama de lugar intolerante e de gente que não se entende. Como pode isso? O verdaeiro culpado disso é o prórpio Nino. Ele se transformou em ditador sem mais nem menos. Depois do golpe que ele deu em 14 de Novembro de 1980, prometeu na altura que iria fazer eleições livres e que não estava interessado a ficar no poder. Ficou direto 18 anos. DEZOITO ANOS!!!! Ninguém merece!!!</p>
<p>Uma geração inteira Somado a mais esses anos, só deu vergonha ao País. Agora a Guiné é um país de tráfico, do medo, da corrupção no mais alto nível e sem contar as roubalheiras e sem vergonhices de todo o tipo. Parece que não são pessoas capazes de entender que sem rotatividade no governo, não há democracia de verdade. São sempre as mesmas pessoas, o mesmo Nino e a sua corja.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">For a Guinean, this sad news comes to further undermine our painful reputation. Our country is today infamous for being an intolerant place with people who do not understand Anything. How can this be? The culprit of this is indeed Nino himself. He became a dictator just like that. After his coup on 14 November 1980, he promised at the time that he would call free elections and claimed he was not interested in staying in power. He stayed in power for 18 years straight. EIGHTEEN YEARS! Come on! An entire generation. After all these years, he only brought shame to the country. Now Guinea is a country of trafficking, of fear, of corruption at its highest level, not to mention swindles and shamelessness of all kinds. It seems that people are not able to understand that without changing the government, there is no real democracy. They are always the same people, the same Nino and his gang.</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in the first hours of this morning, a few hours after his long term rival, the country's army chief General Batista Tagme, was killed by a bomb blast, late on Sunday. Although the reasons are still unknnon, the crimes have sparked alarm at instability in the young West African republic. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Bernardo_Vieira">Joao Bernardo Vieira</a> was assassinated in the first hours of this morning, <span class="cald-word">allegedly</span> in an attack by renegade soldiers as he fled his home. The crime happened a few hours after his long term rival, the country&#39;s army chief General Batista Tagme, was killed by a bomb blast, late on Sunday. Although the reasons are still unknnon, the crimes have sparked alarm at instability in the young West African republic.</p>
<p><a href="http://ditaduradoconsenso.blogspot.com/2009/03/manobras-militares-em-bissau.html">António Aly Silva</a> [pt] has been following the news as it unfolds. In <a href="http://ditaduradoconsenso.blogspot.com/2009/03/telex-fotos-exclusivas-amanha.html">his latest post</a> [pt], he brings the news that there will be 7 days of national mourning for the assassination of the president and two State funerals. He promises to publish exclusive pictures of the funerals tomorrow:</p>
<blockquote><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-59038" title="bissau22" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bissau22.jpg" alt="bissau22" width="513" height="280" /></p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Monday March 02 2009 at 4:51<br />
Has Nino Vieira been assassinated (?)<br />
Violent morning<br />
We have been under fire from machine guns for over 30 minutes - and what machines! (AAS from mobile)<br />
Sunday March 01 2009 at 10:32 PM<br />
Military maneuvres in Bissau<br />
Today, a violent blast hit the armed forces headquarters of Guine. I saw four injured people in the hospital, two of whom were burned and are in a critical situation. There are rumours that CEMGFA, chief general Tagme Na Waie is dead. It is Guiné-Bissau at its best. It is painful to write this piece of news.</div>
<p>This piece of news has prompted <a href="http://africanidades.blogspot.com/2009/03/quem-mataria-quem-primeiro.html">Jorge Rosmaninho</a> [pt], who had put a final stop on the Africanidades blog last year, to blog again. He publishes the picture below and wonders:  <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-59032" title="nino_tagme" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nino_tagme.jpg" alt="nino_tagme" width="397" height="264" /></p>
<blockquote><p>Quem mataria quem, primeiro? Afinal morreram os dois.</p></blockquote>
<p class="translation">Who would have kilked who first? After all, both have died.</p>
<p>Reporter <a href="http://cheiroapolvora.blogs.sapo.pt/65029.html">Luis Castro</a> [pt] provides some background info on the relationship between both men:</p>
<blockquote><p>Conheço muito bem a realidade da Guiné-Bissau e os seus jogos de poder. Acompanhei a guerra civil de 1998/1999, eleições, golpes de Estado, estive preso, fui interrogado de arma apontada à cabeça, fui sentenciado de morte e tive de fugir resgatado pelos fuzileiros portugueses. O que aconteceu ontem e hoje não foi novidade para mim. De resto, há muito que o esperava. O confronto entre o Presidente Nino Vieira e o chefe de Estado maior, não é de agora. Recordo que Tagma Na Waie era infértil devido aos choques eléctricos a que foi sujeito nos testículos (disse-me em entrevista ) pelos homens de Nino e combateu-o ferozmente durante a guerra. Mais tarde, apesar de o ter ajudado a regressar à Guiné e ao poder, Tagma voltou a afastar-se de Nino. Tudo se agravou ainda mais quando o Presidente tentou que o programa do governo de Carlos Gomes Júnior fosse chumbado. O chefe de Estado maior pôs-se ao lado do PM, dizendo que o governo fora eleito e, como tal, deveria governar. Era previsível que um deles iria morrer. Era Nino ou Tgama. Morerarm os dois.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">I know the reality faced by Guinea-Bissau and the game of power there very well. I have followed the 1998/1999 civil war, the election, coup d&#39;état, I was arrested, questioned with a gun at my head, was sentenced to death and had to flee, after I was rescued by Portuguese army officers. What happened yesterday and today is not a surprise to me. On the contrary, I have expecteded it for a long time. The confrontation between President Vieira and the head of state is not recent. I recall that Tagma In Waie became infertile due to electric shocks that he were inflicted to his testicles (he told me this in an interview) by Nino&#39;s men, who he fought fiercely during the war. Later, despite having helped him to return to Guinea and to power, Tagma kept himself away from Nino again. Things went from bad to worse when the president tried to shut down the government program of [prime minister] Carlos Gomes Junior. The armed forces chief stood by the PM, saying that the government was elected and should govern as such. It was expected that either one or the other would die. Nino or Tgama. Both have.</div>
<p><strong>Solidarity</strong></p>
<p>Lusophone bloggers, also from <span class="article_body">former Portuguese colonies, </span>have lamented the incident and sent messages of solidarity to the people of Guinea-Bissau:  From Cape Verde, <a href="http://notasdodono.blogspot.com/2009/03/morte-de-nino-vieira-que-consequencias.html">João Dono</a> [pt] says:</p>
<blockquote><p>Espero que, a semelhança do que aconteceu em Angola, a paz passa a reinar em na Guiné-Bissau.  O homem com história de Nino Vieira só poderia ter este fim. Ele escolheu este caminho, um caminho que muito fez sofrer os nossos irmãos. Vamos acompanhar as horas e os minutos de angústia na Guiné-Bissau.</p></blockquote>
<p class="translation">I hope that, like in Angola, peace will reign in Guinea-Bissau. A man with a history like Nino Vieira could only end like this. He has chosen this path, a path that has brought much suffering to our brothers. We will monitor the hours and minutes of trouble in Guinea Bissau.</p>
<p>Also from Cape Verde, <a href="http://bianda.blogspot.com/2009/03/segunda.html">Cesar Schofield Cardoso</a> [pt] says:</p>
<blockquote><p>Passando à revista às minhas tropas dei por falta de&#8230;tolerância na Guiné-Bissau. Os demónios voltam a ensombrar este país, irmão de armas, que ainda não aprendeu a largar as armas. Terão matado Nino Vieira, em retalhação ao assassinato do Chefe do Estado Maior. Tempo de ódio na Guiné.</p></blockquote>
<p class="translation">Inspecting my troops I noticed that&#8230; tolerance in Guinea Bissau is missing. The demons have again overshadowed this country, our brother in arms, which has not yet learned to drop the weapons. They have killed Vieira in retaliation for the assassination of the army chief. Time of hate in Guinea.</p>
<p>From Mozambique, <a href="http://manueldearaujo.blogspot.com/2009/03/guine-bissau-nino-vieira-morto.html">Manuel de Araújo</a> [pt] says:</p>
<blockquote><p>Muitas razoes para ajudarmos Guine-Bissau a encontrar o caminho da paz e da reconciliacao nacional. Onde andam os nossos pacificadores mor? Onde anda a CPLP? Onde anda a Uniao Africana?  (&#8230;) Nao podem ajudar os nossos irmaos a respirar o ar puro da reconciliacao nacional?</p></blockquote>
<p class="translation">There are many reasons for us to help Guinea-Bissau find its  path to peace and national reconciliation. Where are our leading peacemakers? Where is the [Community of Portuguese Language Countries] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPLP">CPLP</a>? Where is the African Union? (…) Can they not help our brothers to breathe the pure air of national reconciliation?</p>
<p>From Angola, <a href="http://pululu.blogspot.com/2009/03/guine-bissau-de-luto-de-novo.html">Eugénio Costa Almeida</a> [pt] says:</p>
<blockquote><p>Que a morte dos supostos arqui-inimigos sirva para a Sociedade Bissau-guineense criar uma Comissão de Verdade e Reconciliação e afastem dos espíritos as vinganças e façam da Guiné-Bissau um País enorme e próspero.</p></blockquote>
<p class="translation">Hopefuly the death of the supposed arch-enemies will help the people of Guinea-Bissau to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that will put an end to the spirit of revenge and make Guinea-Bissau a huge and prosperous country.</p>
<p>Guinea-Bissau has a population of 1.6 million people and since independence in 1974 the country has endured years of instability, and more recently the country has emerged as a route for smuggling cocaine from Latin American to Europe.</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: On the increasing popularity of mobile phones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Rosmaninho writes at the Lusophone online magazine O Patifundio [pt] about the mobile phone fever in Guinea-Bissau. &#8220;There is not a single teacher who would not complain that, at the beginning of the lessons, students waste the first ten minutes arguing over who would have the right to charge their mobile phone first in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jorge Rosmaninho writes at the Lusophone online magazine <a href="http://opatifundio.com/site/?p=799">O Patifundio</a> [pt] about the mobile phone fever in Guinea-Bissau. &#8220;There is not a single teacher who would not complain that, at the beginning of the lessons, students waste the first ten minutes arguing over who would have the right to charge their mobile phone first in the classroom&#39;s only plug&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Lusosphere: The origins of the American Banjo in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerson Santiago [pt] writes at Patafurdia Magazine about akonting, the musical instrument found in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. &#8220;The Portuguese colonizers and the North American slaves owners began to call the instrument &#8220;Banjo&#8221;, coming from the Quimbundo word &#8220;m&#39;banza&#8221; (language of the second largest ethnic group in Angola), which means &#8220;home&#8221;, &#8220;city&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://opatifundio.com/site/?p=807">Emerson Santiago</a> [pt] writes at Patafurdia Magazine about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akonting">akonting</a>, the musical instrument found in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. &#8220;The Portuguese colonizers and the North American slaves owners began to call the instrument &#8220;Banjo&#8221;, coming from the Quimbundo word &#8220;m&#39;banza&#8221; (language of the second largest ethnic group in Angola), which means &#8220;home&#8221;, &#8220;city&#8221;, likely a reference to the &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzo">banzo</a>&#8221; that black slaves felt when supporting their lament on the instrument&#39;s strings.</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: Travel Pictures</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/28/guinea-bissau-travel-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending requests, Brigida Rocha Brito [pt] publishes some pictures of Forest of Cantanhez, Tombali region in southern Guinea-Bissau, towards Guiné Conacri borders, and promises more soon. &#8220;Next there will be new series of pictures from Bissau and a third one from Cachéu, region in the north near the border with Senegal.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attending requests, <span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="http://africadetodossonhos.blogspot.com/2008/08/srie-tombali-guin-bissau.html">Brigida Rocha Brito</a> [pt] publishes some pictures of</span></span> Forest of Cantanhez, Tombali region in southern Guinea-Bissau, towards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conakry">Guiné Conacri</a> borders, and promises more soon. &#8220;Next there will be new series of pictures from Bissau and a third one from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacheu">Cachéu</a>, region in the north near the border with Senegal.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: Parliament is dissolved by the president</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/05/guinea-bissau-parliament-is-dissolved-by-the-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duarte Figueiredo [pt] echoes the piece of news that the President of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo &#8220;Nino&#8221; Vieira, decided on the dissolution of the National Parliament today, &#8220;given the serious institutional crisis&#8221; that the country faces. Elections take place on November 16.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://senegambia.blogspot.com/2008/08/presidente-da-guin-bissau-dissolve.html">Duarte Figueiredo</a> [pt] echoes the piece of news that the President of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo &#8220;Nino&#8221; Vieira, decided on the dissolution of the National Parliament today, &#8220;given the serious institutional crisis&#8221; that the country faces. Elections take place on November 16.</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: With no magic wand, we need good will</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/05/guinea-bissau-with-no-magic-wand-we-need-good-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Désiré Elisée [pt] on Guinea-Bissau&#39;s economic, socio and political situation, which, according to him, doesn&#39;t get any better. &#8220;There are no good fairies, or magic wands, but there must be good will, technical competence and sense of state not to be up a &#8220;gum-three&#8221;.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://oncale.blogspot.com/2008/08/acento-tnico.html">Désiré Elisée</a> [pt] on Guinea-Bissau&#39;s economic, socio and political situation, which, according to him, doesn&#39;t get any better. &#8220;There are no good fairies, or magic wands, but there must be good will, technical competence and sense of state not to be up a &#8220;gum-three&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: On the lack of willingness to hold elections</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/02/guinea-bissau-on-the-lack-of-willingness-to-hold-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Rosmaninho [pt] on the lack of willingness on the part of all political leaders to hold parliamentary elections in in Guinea-Bissau next November. &#8220;I would not be surprised if one of these mornings Bissau woke up under a military uprising, or even a coup. It has been such a long time that nothing happens!&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://africanidades.blogspot.com/2008/08/na-encruzilhada-da-sorte.html"><span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn">Jorge Rosmaninho</span></span></a><span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn"> [pt] on the </span></span>lack of willingness on the part of all political leaders to hold parliamentary elections in in Guinea-Bissau next November. &#8220;I would not be surprised if one of these mornings Bissau woke up under a military uprising, or even a coup. It has been such a long time that nothing happens!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Guinea Bissau: How many tonnes of cocaine did get in?</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/19/guinea-bissau-how-many-tonnes-of-cocaine-did-get-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commenting on a piece of news about the arrest of a three Venezuelans suspected of being smuggling cocaine into West Africa, Jorge Rosmaninho [pt] asks: &#8220;if three were caught, how many of them have passed through unscathed?&#8221;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Commenting on <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1942839420080719">a piece of news about the arrest</a> of a three Venezuelans suspected of being smuggling cocaine into West Africa, <span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="http://africanidades.blogspot.com/2008/07/e-vo-trs.html">Jorge Rosmaninho</a> [pt] asks: &#8220;if three were caught, how many of them have passed through </span></span>unscathed<span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn">?&#8221;<br />
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: A day without immigrants</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/17/guinea-bissau-a-day-without-immigrants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What if the immigrants associations decided to go on strike for a day, to show what Europe would be like without them?&#8221;, asks Jorge Rosmaninho [pt].

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What if the immigrants associations decided to go on strike for a day, to show what Europe would be like without them?&#8221;, asks <span class="entry-author-name"><a href="http://africanidades.blogspot.com/2008/07/um-dia-sem-imigrantes.html">Jorge Rosmaninho</a> [pt].<br />
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: Experimental Theater Group</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/31/guinea-bissau-experimental-theater-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 18:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Guinea-Bissau is a sui generis country, because people&#39;s talents are in the most unexpected fields. Theater is one of them. Here is our word of encouragement to the Bissau Experimental Theater group, established in  2005&#8243;, Jorge Rosmaninho [pt] congratulates the group for establishing itself and hopes for its international recognition.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Guinea-Bissau is a sui generis country, because people&#39;s talents are in the most unexpected fields. Theater is one of them. Here is our word of encouragement to the Bissau Experimental Theater group, established in  2005&#8243;, <a href="http://africanidades.blogspot.com/2008/05/teatro-experimental-bissau.html">Jorge Rosmaninho</a> [pt] congratulates the group for establishing itself and hopes for its international recognition.</p>
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		<title>Global Agenda for Lusophone Africa</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/23/global-agenda-for-lusophone-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The past, present and future of Africa will be debated for two days in Lisbon during the II International Congress of Lusophone Africa. Organized by the University of Lusophone Humanities and Technology, the event&#39;s theme is &#8216;Global Agenda for Lusophone Africa&#39; and it will be attended by a range of social and political PALOP&#39;s representatives, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The past, present and future of Africa will be debated for two days in Lisbon during the II International Congress of Lusophone Africa. Organized by the University of Lusophone Humanities and Technology, the event&#39;s theme is &#8216;Global Agenda for Lusophone Africa&#39; and it will be attended by a range of social and political <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PALOP">PALOP</a>&#39;s representatives, and scholars who research these issues.&#8221; The event starts on May 28 and <a href="http://altohama.blogspot.com/2008/05/ii-congresso-internacional-da-frica.html">Orlando Castro</a> [pt] has the full programme.</p>
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		<title>Lusosphere: Child survival</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/25/lusosphere-child-survival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Góes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="result_box" dir="ltr">UNICEF has just published its annual analysis of the mortality rate of children under 5 years. Among the conclusions, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor and Cape Verde have rates far above the admissible, considering Brazil as the standard intermediate and Portugal as the only one who moves to a typical position of  a &#8220;developed country&#8221;. See a comprehensive report at <a href="http://timorlorosaenacao.blogspot.com/2008/01/mortalidade-infantil-na-lusofonia.html">Timor Lososae Nação</a> [pt].</p>
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		<title>Guinea-Bissau: The last years of Portuguese rule</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/06/guinea-bissau-the-last-years-of-portuguese-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Góes</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The <em>Diário da Guiné</em> [Guinea Diary], by our mate Antonio Abreu, talks about everything, or nearly everything, that happened in those terrible years of 72 to 74, the last years of Portuguese sovereignty in Guinea&#8221;. <a href="http://blogueforanadaevaotres.blogspot.com/2008/01/guin-6374-p2414-bibliografia-de-uma.html">Luis Graça</a> [pt] recommends the book to anyone who is interested in the country&#39;s history.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                </p>
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