Military of Guinea-Bissau

1998

File 338 Sheet 02 == Further reading == B Embaló, Civil–military relations and political order in Guinea-Bissau, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2012 Shaw, Mark, Drug trafficking in Guinea-Bissau, 1998-2014: the evolution of an elite protection network, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.

2008

A 2008 United Nations Development Programme census estimated that there were around 4,000 personnel in the Armed Forces.

2010

Supporters of Gomes and his party, PAIGC, reacted to the move by demonstrating in the capital, Bissau; Antonio Indjai, the Deputy Chief of Staff, then warned that he would have Gomes killed if the protests continued. The EU ended its mission to reform the country's security forces, EU SSR Guinea-Bissau, on 4 August 2010, a risk that may further embolden powerful generals and drug traffickers in the army and elsewhere.

The FAGB was re-equipped by the Soviet Union with a limited aid package in which its first combat aircraft were introduced. ==Navy== In September 2010, Rear-Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto attempted a coup, but was arrested after failing to gain support.

53.3 (Sep 2015): 339–364. ==External links== http://africansecuritysector.blogspot.com/2010/09/guinee-bissau-restructuration-de-larmee.html, September 2010 United Nations, Report of the Secretary-General on UNIOGBIS, S/2010/550, 25 October 2010.

2012

By 22 June 2012, the Angolan vessel Rio M'bridge, carrying the mission's equipment, had arrived back in Luanda. ==Army equipment== ==Air Force== After achieving independence from Portugal, the air force was formed by officers returning from training in Cuba and the USSR.

File 338 Sheet 02 == Further reading == B Embaló, Civil–military relations and political order in Guinea-Bissau, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2012 Shaw, Mark, Drug trafficking in Guinea-Bissau, 1998-2014: the evolution of an elite protection network, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.

2015

53.3 (Sep 2015): 339–364. ==External links== http://africansecuritysector.blogspot.com/2010/09/guinee-bissau-restructuration-de-larmee.html, September 2010 United Nations, Report of the Secretary-General on UNIOGBIS, S/2010/550, 25 October 2010.




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