Word: guinea-bissau
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...immediately assumed that the whites were either mercenaries or Portuguese bent on punishing Touré for harboring guerrillas who regularly harass the neighboring colony of Portuguese Guinea, also known as Guinea-Bissau for its capital. Mercenaries who were recruited in France in the past to fight in African wars re-emerged recently in London, and there was talk among them of "a big operation in West Africa...
Suburban Targets. Before the landing party's members were killed, captured or driven off by Touré's Chinese-trained "people's militia," they headed toward an expensive suburb of Conakry and raided the headquarters of PAIGC (African Party for the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde). Guerrilla fighters from PAIGC now control anywhere from one-third to two-thirds of Portuguese Guinea, pinning down some 30,000 troops. The party's founder and leader, Amilcar Cabral, was in Europe during last week's raid and missed an attack on his house...