Guinea Bissau

Addis Ababa, 3rd March 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, has approved the deployment of a Short-Term Election Observation Mission (STO) to the Republic of Guinea -Bissau to observe the country’s legislative elections scheduled for the 10th of March 2019.

The African Union Election Observation Mission AUEOM is led by HE Joaquim Rafael Branco, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tomé and Principe. It comprises of 30 observers deployed from 2 to 16 of March 2019 in the Republic of Guinea -Bissau

Addis Ababa, 5 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, visited Guinea-Bissau today as part of his tour of West Africa, during which he traveled to Senegal, from 1 to 3 October 2018, and The Gambia, from 3 to 4 October 2018.

During his visit to Bissau, the Chairperson of the Commission met with President José Mário Vaz. He also met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities, João Ribeiro Butiam Có, and the Speaker of the National People's Assembly, Cipriano Cassama.