Bissau bustle and blues
March 27th 2006 We were lucky. Four days after we crossed the border at Sao Domingo into Guinea-Bissau (G-B), the border closed.
The Senegalese army had chased the Jola separatist guerilla into the city.
The guerilla -using mines as warfare- blew up a minibus with people coming from Varela beach, before they were captured/executed by the military.
This is a region of tension and sporadic turm
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