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Guinea-Bissau isCalm

A little better than usual

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Last 14 days

Oct 9Oct 22

Why

  1. Guinea-Bissau halted a US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborns after international outcry and a police seizure of vaccines.

    17 eventsarstechnica.com, punchng.com, investmentwatchblog.comSource

  2. Guinea-Bissau announced approval of the Saltinho Dam.

    11 eventsriotimesonline.comSource

What happened

  • Statements7%
  • Cooperation45%
  • Criticism38%
  • Protests0%
  • Pressure7%
  • Fighting3%

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