Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty

Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual ...
Mongabay News on MSN

Malaysian companies dominate PNG forest-clearance permits: report

Papua New Guinea’s rainforests, which span 28.2 million hectares (69.6 million acres), are among the most biodiverse in the ...
Al Jazeera English

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission says coup destroyed election results

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission has said it can no longer complete the November 23 presidential election after armed men seized ballots, tally sheets and computers from its offices, and destroyed ...
Al Jazeera English

ECOWAS delegation visits Guinea-Bissau for talks after military coup

A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has visited Guinea-Bissau for mediation talks with leaders of last week’s coup, as regional pressure mounts on the military ...
BBC

General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup

An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau's new head of state a day after an apparent coup. Gen Horta N'Tam becomes the transitional president for a period of one year. He took the oath on ...
The New York Times

Guinea-Bissau’s President Says He Has Been Deposed. The Opposition Says It’s a Trick.

The military announced on Wednesday it had taken over the West African nation. Later, the opposition leader accused the incumbent president of staging the coup d’état to try to retain power. By Ruth ...
The New York Times

Guinea-Bissau Installs Military Ruler After Claims of a ‘Fabricated’ Coup

The opposition has accused the president of putting a general in charge of the government so that he could stay in power and lead by proxy. By Saikou Jammeh and Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, ...
WRAL

African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup and former president flees to Republic of Congo

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African Union suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, saying it won't tolerate unconstitutional changes. In a resolution adopted by the AU Peace and Security ...
The Economist

Armed men take power in Guinea-Bissau, again

After a two-year lull, during which optimists could have imagined the contagion had stopped, Africa appears to have experienced two coups in as many months. On November 26th army officers in ...
France 24

'I have been deposed,' Guinea-Bissau's President Embalo confirms to FRANCE 24

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers claimed taking total control of the country, citing the need to clarify the ...
Reuters

Guinea-Bissau cannot complete presidential election, commission says

Electoral commission says offices were attacked Results tally sheets seized, servers destroyed ECOWAS bloc had demanded the release of results Bloc leaders to discuss Guinea-Bissau on December 14 ...