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Guinea-Bissau: Fishing
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Following a period of military rule, Kumba Yalá, a former teacher and popular leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, was elected president in 2000. In Sept. 2003 he was deposed in a military coup. Yalá's increasingly repressive measures and refusal to hold elections were cited as causes. In 2005, former president Vieira returned from six years of exile in Portugal and won the presidency in the July 2005 elections.
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Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest nations. Farming is by far the leading occupation; rice, corn, beans, cassava, and cotton are the main crops grown for domestic use. Cashew nuts are by far the largest export; fish, seafood, peanuts, palm kernels, and timber are ... exported. Much of the land is state owned. Bauxite is mined and there are unexploited petroleum deposits. Industrial activity is mostly limited to the processing of agricultural products.
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Guinea-Bissau has a population (2007 estimate) of 1,472,041. The capital and principal port, Bissau, has a population (2001 estimate) of 292,000. Other ports include Cacheu and Bolama. The major ethnic groups are the Balante, Fulani, Mandinka (... known as Mandingo or Malinke), Mandyako, and Pepel. Cape Verdians form a small but significant minority. In religion, about 45 percent of the population follows traditional beliefs, and about 40 percent (primarily the Fulani and Mandinka) is Muslim.
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From rare birds and monkeys in the wildlife parks, to remote white sand beaches and coral reefs on the tropical islands, Guinea-Bissau has many attractions to offer. The past decade of political and economic turmoil has created dangers and difficulties for tourists, but it has ... guaranteed that many tourist attractions remain secluded and untouched.
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Guinea-Bissau restored civilian rule in 2005, holding presidential elections in July of that year. Vieira defeated Sanha to win the presidency in an election that was declared free and fair by international monitors.
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Key developments since May 2005: On 17 October 2005, Guinea-Bissau completed destruction of its stockpile of 10,654 antipersonnel mines, just ahead of its 1 November 2005 treaty deadline. In March and April 2006, a faction of the Senegal-based Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance laid antipersonnel and antivehicle mines in northern Guinea-Bissau, causing civilian casualties and significant socioeconomic disruption. Casualties in 2005 fell by almost half from 2004, but by June 2006 had risen again to double the 2005 level. As of June, there were 37 new casualties, mostly the result of one incident causing 28 casualties. The capital, Bissau, became free of mined areas by the end of June 2006.
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