Faction fighting between members of the old ruling party paralyses government and threatens catastrophe for vital cashew exports, A new government took office in mid-August pledging cohabitação (cohabitation). But the cohabitees– parliament and president – look as divided as ever as the economy heads into meltdown. A coalition government dominated by the Plataforma Aliança Inclusiva – Terra Ranka ( Inclusive Alliance Platform – the country takes off! ), which won the 4 June legislative elections, is nominally in charge.
, When Senegal s former economy minister Amadou Hott visited Bissau last October, he sparked a furore by telling journalists about a secret deal to distribute revenues that might accrue from oil production in the special offshore zone the two countries jointly manage.