Anger over Guinea-Bissau and Senegal ‘oil and gas contract’
By DW
31 December 2021 |
5:25 pm
The president of Guinea-Bissau has negotiated an oil deal with his counterpart from Senegal, without parliamentary approval. Umaro Sissoco Embalo is now facing a ministerial uprising supported by civil society.
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