AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoElection Delay: Guinea-Bissau’s presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 6, have been postponed indefinitely. No new date has been set, deepening uncertainty after the military takeover halted the 2025 electoral process. Polio Response: Guinea-Bissau was among five African countries to close a type 2 polio outbreak in August, as health authorities mark World Polio Day. WHO warns funding gaps still threaten wider eradication efforts. Vaccine Trial Cancelled: A controversial hepatitis B study involving newborns will not proceed after authorities withheld approval. The decision followed a police search of the Bandim Health Project’s offices and seizure of vaccine doses. Human Trafficking: Police rescued about 70 people and arrested four suspects in a network accused of luring West Africans with false promises of jobs abroad; the alleged ringleader remains at large. Offshore Ambitions: Natural Resources Minister Júlio Mamadu Baldé and state oil company Petroguin are due at an energy conference in Dakar, as Guinea-Bissau advances offshore exploration and seismic work.
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