Guinea-Bissau public media employees demand six months of arrears
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
Around 100 recently appointed employees of Guinea-Bissau’s public media outlets are demanding six months of salary arrears owed for 2022. The case is awaiting action by the authorities at the Ministry of Social Communication, according to Julciano Baldé, coordinator of the employees’ collective, as quoted by O Democrata.
Recently appointed employees of Guinea-Bissau’s public media outlets are demanding six months of salary arrears dating back to 2022. Their coordinator, Julciano Baldé, accused the government on Wednesday 21 October 2026 of lacking the will to resolve the issue, which is awaiting action by the Ministry of Social Communication.
The collective represents around 100 workers from Guinea-Bissau Television, National Radio Difusion, the ANG news agency and the Nô Pintcha newspaper. Its secretary, Athayr Afonso Té, said the ministries of Finance and Public Administration had completed their procedures, but that intervention by the Ministry of Social Communication was still needed.
Negotiations, which began on 14 July after public television employees issued a strike notice, lasted five weeks. According to Athayr Afonso Té, participants acknowledged the existence of the debt corresponding to six months of arrears. The workers say they have been waiting for these sums for more than a year.
In 2026, the Ministry of Social Communication asked the bodies concerned to regularise issues linked to IBAM, a mechanism associated with international financing for the payment of arrears. The collective is calling on the institutions concerned, particularly the ministry responsible for the sector, to clarify the situation and resolve the matter quickly.
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