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A mural of Amilcar Cabral in Bissau, Guninea-Bissau. ©Cazé Arte

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“ I was invited by the Culture Secretariat of Bissau - Guinea Bissau, West Africa to create the country's first mural and start the first stage of the project which is to implement the country's first primeira Urban Art Gallery - #pathinhosurbanos and introduce young artists to Bissau the power of Urban Art.

Bissau, Guiné-Bissau

From NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day; June 18, 2018:

The Meandering Estuaries of Guinea–Bissau

Estuaries near the coast of Guinea–Bissau branch out like a network of roots from a plant. With their long tendrils, the rivers meander through the country’s lowland plains to join the Atlantic Ocean. On the way, they carry water, nutrients, but also sediments out from the land.

This natural–color image captures the movement of the sediments as the rivers move east to west. The image was acquired on May 17, 2018, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The discoloration is most apparent in Rio Geba, which runs past the country’s capital city of Bissau.

Dinísia Reis Embaló, épouse de l’ancien président de la Guinée-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, a été formellement inculpée au Portugal pour des faits présumés de contrebande et de blanchiment d’argent, dans une affaire liée à l’arrestation à Lisbonne du chef du protocole de l’ex-chef de l’État, porteur de près de cinq millions d’euros en espèces. Selon une source proche de l’enquête citée par…