{"slug": "guinea-bissau", "label": "Guinea-Bissau", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1007", "qid": "Q1007", "description": "sovereign state in Western Africa", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1973, 2012], "span_label": ["1973 CE", "2012 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-john-paul-ii", "label": "Pope John Paul II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mali", "label": "Mali", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chad", "label": "Chad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burkina-faso", "label": "Burkina Faso", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cape-verde", "label": "Cape Verde", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – The United Nations recognizes the independence of Guinea-Bissau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#October", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#September–October", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#September–October", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#January", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#May", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – The President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira, is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#March", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take control of the capital city, Bissau. They arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira and leading presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#April", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › April"}}]}