1974-Guinea-Bissau Granted Independence by Portugal

Post author:Tadese Faforiji
Post published:July 12, 2022
Post category:General
Reading time:1 min read

After a military revolt in Portugal that brought a left-leaning government to power, the Portuguese government agreed to grant independence to Portuguese Guinea. The new country was renamed Guinea-Bissau and its first President was Luis de Almeida Cabral. (HC)

Tadese Faforiji

Tadese Faforiji is the founder of Tadexprof, a travel and nature site covering world's destinations worth visiting. He started the site covering local travel in Nigeria and has since expanded it into US national park guides, with plans to document more of the world firsthand going forward.