| 29 September 2011 |
The Secretary-General and Prime Minister Gomes held talks in New York on the implementation of peacebuilding plan.
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| 12 September 2011 |
The Prime Minister and Mutaboba inaugurated the country’s first model police stations.
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| 28 June 2011 |
The Council was briefed by Joseph Mutaboba and by the chair of the country’s PBC configuration, Ambassador Maria Luisa Viotti. Consultations were held following the briefing. |
| 25 February 2011 |
The Council was briefed on the developments in Guinea-Buissau by Joseph Mutaboba, the head of the UN office, noting that the situation in the country remained tenuous. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior of Guinea-Bissau also briefed the Council on the evaluation of the situation in his country. |
| 11 May 2011 |
The Guinea-Bissau Ministry of Justice and UNDP published a report on efforts being made to strengthen the justice sector in the country. |
| 11-16 April 2011 |
DPA and ECOWAS undertook an assessment of requirements to support the rapid implementation of the ECOWAS-CPLP road map. |
| 18 January 2011 |
The government announced that it will increase surveillance of airstrips believed to be used by drug traffickers and also threatened to shoot down any aircraft that flew illegally over its air space. |
| 23 December 2010 |
The Government of Guinea-Bissau released the former head of the armed forces, Rear Admiral Jose Zamora Induta, and six other officers from prison, citing humanitarian reasons. |
| 20 December 2010 |
The EU initiated action that could result in cuts in aid to Guinea-Bissau, stating that the step was a signal about the need for democratic principles, including bringing an end to illegal detention and impunity. |
| 17 December 2010 |
The then-interior minister of Guinea-Bissau, Adja Satu Camara Pinto, wrote to Prime Minister Carlos Gomes to inform him of her decision to resign |
| 23 November 2010 |
The Council extended the mandate of UNIOGBIS until 31 December 2011. |
| 5 November 2010 |
Joseph Mutaboba, head of UNIOGBIS briefed the Council on developments in the country and of the work of the UN Office. |
| 4 October, 2010 |
President Malam Bacai Sanha formally wrote to ECOWAS requesting support and assistance to re-launch the reform of his country's defence and security sectors. |
| 19 September 2010 |
ECOWAS summit meeting was held in Abuja to consider the political situation in Guinea-Bissau. The meeting called for the resumption of international support for reforming the country’s security sector by the EU and the US. |
| 17 August 2010 |
The National Assembly held a session to discuss a possible national dialogue to include political parties, the military, unions and civil society organisations. The Assembly’s meeting anticipated the convening of a national reconciliation conference in January 2011. |
| 22 July 2010 |
The Council adopted a presidential statement expressing concern at the prevailing security situation and threats to constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau. |
| 15 July 2010 |
The head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) briefed the Council on the Secretary-General’s UNIOGBIS report and developments in the country. |
| 8 January 2010 |
The UN facilitated talks with the government aiming at securing Tchuto’s voluntary surrender, under guarantee of his legal rights. |
| 28 December 2009 |
Former navy Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto, who had been in exile in Gambia since a failed coup attempt in August 2008, entered UN premises in Bissau and sought asylum. |
| 8 September 2009 |
Malam Bacai Sanhá was inaugurated as president of Guinea-Bissau. |
| 26 July 2009 |
A presidential run-off election was held. Malam Bacan Sanhá was subsequently declared the winner with 63 percent of the votes. |
| 28 June 2009 |
Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau, and Malam Bacan Sanhá was declared the winner with 63 percent of the vote.
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| 26 June 2009 |
The Council adopted resolution 1876 extending the mandate of UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) until 31 December, and requested the Secretary-General to establish the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) to succeed UNOGBIS for an initial period of 12 months after that. |
| 23 June 2009 |
The Council was briefed by the head of the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS), Joseph Mutaboba, on the UN Secretary-General’s report on the mission and the political and military tensions in the wake of the March and June assassinations. |
| 16 June 2009 |
The Peacebuilding Commission's Guinea-Bissau configuration issued a statement condemning the assassinations of Dabό and Proença. |
| 9 June 2009 |
The Council issued a press statement expressing concern over the resurgence of political violence and condemning the killings. |
| 5 June 2009 |
Political violence against high-profile personalities in Guinea-Bissau resurged when armed men killed presidential candidate Baciro Dabό and Helder Proença, a former government minister and member of parliament. |
| 20 April 2009 |
A roundtable was convened by the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council on the Restructuring and Modernisation of the Defence and Security Sector in Guinea-Bissau in Praia, Cape Verde.
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April 2009
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A broad consensus emerged in the government of Guinea-Bissau to hold elections on 28 June 2009.
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19 March 2009
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediation and Security Council met in Guinea-Bissau and recommended that ECOWAS collaborate with the international community, including the UN, to deploy military and police contingents to protect state institutions, the authorities and the electoral process in Guinea-Bissau.
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12 March 2009
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The government’s commission of inquiry into the double assassination of President João Bernardo Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Waie began work.
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1 and 2 March 2009
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The chief of staff of the armed forces, General Tagme Na Waie, and President João Bernardo Vieira were assassinated on consecutive days.
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February 2009
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Joseph Mutaboba was appointed as the new Secretary-General’s Representative in Guinea-Bissau and head of UNOGBIS, replacing Shola Omoregie who retired on 31 December.
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22 November 2008
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President Vieira escaped unharmed in an overnight attack on his home by mutinous soldiers. One soldier was killed with several others injured. The Secretary-General called upon the Guinea-Bissau armed forces to refrain from actions that could further destabilise the country.
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16 November 2008
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Legislative elections were held in Guinea-Bissau. International electoral monitors indicated a high voter turnout of 70 to 80 percent and a calm and orderly voting process.
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28 April 2008
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The UN Peacebuilding Fund agreed to provide Guinea-Bissau with $6 million to assist national peacebuilding efforts.
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6 to 11 April 2008
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The PBC’s country-specific configuration on Guinea-Bissau visited the country.
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25 March 2008
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President of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, announced legislative elections would take place on 16 November.
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25 March 2008
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Guinea-Bissau enacted an amnesty for political-military violations against state security extending back to 6 October 2004. It did not rule out future lawsuits and allowed for compensating victims.
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20 February 2008
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The country-specific configuration for Guinea-Bissau held a meeting during which Prime Minister N'Dafa Cabi of Guinea-Bissau presented on his country's identified priority areas for assistance from the Peacebuilding Commission and the peacebuilding challenges.
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13 February 2008
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The country-specific configuration for Guinea-Bissau was briefed by the Peacebuilding Support Office and the World Bank on mapping of resources and shortfalls in funding for peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau.
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19 December 2007
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Guinea-Bissau became the third country to be placed on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission.
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11 December 2007
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The Council wrote to the Peacebuilding Commission indicating its support for a request made by Prime Minister Martinho N'Dafa Cabi of Guinea-Bissau for the country to placed on the Commission's agenda.
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17 November 2007
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The International Monetary Fund announced that Guinea-Bissau would receive $5.6 million in Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance in 2008.
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15 November 2007
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At a conference in Madrid, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costo, said that the value of the drug trade in Guinea-Bissau may be as high as national income.
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19 October 2007
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The Council stated it would consider Guinea-Bissau's request for inclusion on the Peacebuilding Commission's agenda.
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October 2007
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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a situation report, Cocaine Trafficking in Western Africa. The report underlined the problems arising from inadequate law enforcement in weak states, including Guinea-Bissau.
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September 2007
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The Secretary-General brought Guinea-Bissau's request to be included on the Peace-Building Commission's agenda to the attention of the Security Council.
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31 August 2007
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After the confiscation of a truckload of aviation fuel in a forest on the outskirts of the city of Buba and in an attempt to stem the drug trade, the government announced that aircraft suspected of carrying drugs would be shot down.
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mid-August 2007
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Amnesty International expressed concern about harrassment of human rights activists and journalists focusing on drug trafficking in the country.
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18 July 2007
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President João Bernardo Vieira announced that parliamentary elections would be postponed from March 2008 to March 2009, when they will be held alongside presidential elections.
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23 May-6 June 2007
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The International Monetary Fund visited Guinea-Bissau to conduct annual consultations with the government and discuss post-conflict assistance.
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17 April 2007
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A new cabinet was named made up of an alliance of political parties.
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9 April 2007
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Further demonstrations were averted when Vieira appointed Martinho N'Dafa Cabi as prime minister.
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30 March 2007
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Demonstrators from the three leading political parties took to the streets demanding that Vieira accept the resignation.
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29 March 2007
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Gomes announced his resignation.
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20 March 2007
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Vieira was given 72 hours to agree to demands to appoint a new prime minister or dissolve parliament.
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March 2007
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Many of President João Bernardo Vieira's supporters defected to a new coalition which then passed a no-confidence motion in parliament against Prime Minister Aristides Gomes.
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23 January 2007
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Some members of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau met in Guinea-Bissau.
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10 January 2007
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Former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior sought refuge in the UNOGBIS compound, claiming that his life was in danger. The government had issued a warrant for his arrest after he accused President João Bernardo Vieira of being involved in Sanhá's assassination. Gomes also claimed that Vieira was systematically killing those who overthrew him in 1999. Gomes remained under UN protection for 17 days and left only after the Secretary-General's representative in Guinea-Bissau, Shola Omoregie, persuaded the government to drop the arrest warrant against him.
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6 January 2007
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The assassination of the former head of the navy, Mohamed Lamine Sanhá, led to fighting between protestors and security forces leaving one dead and several injured.
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November 2006
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A donors' roundtable pledged US$262.5 million for development projects. Another $178.5 million for reform of the security sector will be unlocked once the government presents its good governance programme.
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October 2006
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Shola Omoregie of Nigeria replaced João Bernardo Honwana of Mozambique as the Secretary-General's Representative in Guinea-Bissau.
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21 September 2006
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The International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (France, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and the Executive Secretariat of the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, and the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) held its first meeting in New York
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March-April 2006
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The Guinea-Bissau army engaged separatist rebels from the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance in a six-week campaign along the north-western border.
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26 January 2006
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The Supreme Court of Justice ruled in favour of President João Bernardo Vieira's dismissal of the government of Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior.
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21 Nov 2005
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In a letter to the Secretary-General, President Vieira requested the extension of the mandate of UNOGBIS.
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28 Oct 2005
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Vieira dismissed the prime minister and the cabinet.
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1 Oct 2005
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Vieira was sworn in as president for a second time.
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24 Jul 2005
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Vieira won the presidential election runoff.
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6 Oct 2004
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A military mutiny resulted in the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau's Armed Forces Chief of the General Staff and the armed forces spokesman.
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15 Sep 2004
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João Bernardo Honwana of Mozambique replaced David Stephen as the Secretary-General's Representative for the situation in Guinea-Bissau and the head of UNOGBIS
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March 2004
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Legislative elections were held, won by the ruling party, Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde.
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28 Sep 2003
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The military and political parties signed the Transitional Charter, creating a transitional prime minister, president and council. Interim President Henrique Rosa and Interim Prime Minister António Artur Rosa were sworn in.
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14 Sep 2003
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The military ousted President Koumba Yala in a coup.
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November 2002
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Yala dissolved the National Assembly.
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1 Feb 2002
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David Stephen of Great Britain replaced Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam of Cameroon as the Secretary-General's Representative in Guinea-Bissau and the Head of UNOGBIS.
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November 2000
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General Ansumane Mane was killed during a shootout with government forces, who claimed that he was attempting a coup.
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17 Feb 2000
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Yala was sworn in as president.
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January 2000
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Yala won the presidential election.
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14 May 1999
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Malam Bacai Sanha became interim president.
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6-7 May 1999
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General Mane led a coup that ousted President Vieira.
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6 Apr 1999
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The Council passed resolution 1233, supporting the Secretary-General's proposal to establish UNOGBIS. Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam of Cameroon was appointed to be the Secretary-General's Representative in Guinea-Bissau and the head of UNOGBIS.
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3 Apr 1999
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The Secretary-General proposed the establishment of the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS).
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24 Feb 1999
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The Government of National Unity, which included both government officials and military leaders, assumed power.
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21 Dec 1998
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The Council passed resolution 1216, requesting that the Secretary-General make recommendations on a possible role of the United Nations in the Guinea-Bissau peace process.
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1 Nov 1998
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Government officials and the military junta signed a peace agreement in Abuja.
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7 Jun 1998
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Violence broke out after Vieira dismissed General Mane.
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1994
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Vieira won the first free presidential election in the country's history.
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1980
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Vieira led a military coup that ousted Luis Cabral, the country's first president.
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10 Sep 1974
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Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal. Cabral assumed the presidency as the leader of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde.
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1973
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The Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde declared independence.
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1963
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The Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde launched a war to gain independence from Portugal.
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