This small West African nation, whose mangrove-fringed coastal waters and expansive estuaries are important spawning grounds for fish species that migrate along the West African coast, long appeared ...

For locations worldwide, the U.S. State Department has been updating its travel advisories, which can affect Americans' international travel.

Danish researchers were set to begin a controversial United States-funded vaccine trial on newborns in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau last month when public outrage derailed their plans. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A supporter of presidential candidate Domingos Simoes Pereira rides a bicycle decorated with PAIGC flag, ahead of Sunday's ...

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was ...

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned. Public-health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they ...

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. Plans for a controversial U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea ...

Guinea-Bissau’s military government has set a date for new elections following the ousting of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in a coup late last year, according to a statement by the army leader. “All ...

The country has seen at least nine attempted and successful coups since independence from Portugal in 1974 Military authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative ...

A U.S.-backed study set to examine the overall health effects of hepatitis B vaccine dose timing on some 14,000 infants in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has raised ethics concerns among ...

A Nigerian law firm has filed a case at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice seeking the release of Domingos Simões Pereira, Guinea-Bissau’s opposition leader and former parliamentary speaker, along ...