Guinea-Bissau war of independence
With PAIGC barred, will elections in Guinea-Bissau legitimize a neocolonial dictatorship?
Opposition candidates are barred from contesting the November election in Guinea-Bissau as the “neocolonial agent”, Umaro Embalo, maneuvers to consolidate his ECOWAS-backed dictatorial regime.
Guinea-Bissau war of independence
The war ended when Portugal, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, granted independence to Guinea-Bissau, followed by Cape Verde a year later.
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