Stories about Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau: Top Blogger Detained, Beaten by Military After Coup

  14 April 2012

Aly Silva is one of the most important bloggers in the small west African country of about 1 million people, if not the most important (see this Global Voices interview with him). He is a controversial figure in the country, who does not hide his political leanings. Yet nobody can match him in terms of his longevity, frequency of posting, and dedication to blogging.

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