The activities of nomadic herdsmen have led to the closure of about six basic schools in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. Tensions had erupted after the nomads started encroaching on...
On his first trip outside Africa, new Gambian President Adama Barrow said he was confident France and the EU would boost financial support to his country after 22 years of dictatorship. Barrow...
The Gambia's ruling coalition has broken apart ahead of a parliamentary poll next month, dealing a blow to new President Adama Barrow as he overhauls the country's political system following his...
Gambian coalition parties that united last year to deliver the first new president in 22 years are unlikely to run together for legislative elections next month, a senior government source told AFP....
Gambian police have launched an investigation into a violent public assault of a reporter by supporters of President Adama Barrow, a police source told AFP Wednesday. Journalist Kebba Jeffang was...
Journalists in The Gambia on Tuesday urged the country's new leadership to uphold their pledge to respect media freedom after a violent public assault on a reporter by President Adama Barrow's...
Men of Chad's Wodaabe culture put on their make-up and don their best clothes to impress would-be brides at a week-long festival. Wodaabe men perform the "Yaake" ritual dance as part of the Gerewol,...
Long-standing tensions between herdsmen and farmers have flared up again in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, leaving possibly hundreds dead in tit-for-tat violence. Earlier this month at least 21...
A Fulani old man has been shot dead Thursday dawn at Maame Krobo in the Eastern region. Narrating the incident to Starrfmonline.com, an eyewitness Eric Dzakata said the incident occurred between 4am...
Clashes have forced 600 people to flee their homes in central Mali as traditional herding communities battle with farmers over accusations of jihadist infiltration and land use in areas hit by...
At least 13 people were killed in central Mali at the weekend in inter-ethnic clashes between Fulanis and Bambaras, the interior ministry said on Monday, escalating a conflict over resources in a...
Minister for Interior, Ambrose Derry is blaming parliament for the nation’s inability to address the Fulani herdsmen menace. Contributing to a statement by Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region, Hon. Joseph Tetteh has called for lasting solutions to the nomadic Fulani herdsmen menace which worsens during the dry...
Meanwhile one wonders precisely who I planned and discussed these "violent attacks" with? Was it Rev. Musa Asake, the gentle and amiable Secretary General of the Christian Association of Nigeria...
Calm has returned to Sokode-Ando in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region after violent clashes between the residents of the area and nomadic herdsmen on Wednesday. There were clashes between the...
NEWS that Fulani herdsmen in Agogo in the Asante Akyem District of the Ashanti Region are being compelled to desert the town is troubling, to say the least. The situation, per our front-page lead...
News making the rounds that some 40 cattle belonging to Fulani nomads have been killed at Agogo in the Ashanti Region following an alleged shoot-to-kill order is false and must be ignored, Frank...
Nomadic Fulani herdsmen at Agogo in the Ashanti Region are up in arms with police for what they say is indiscriminate killing of their cattle. They allege police have been shooting the animals...
Many farming communities in the Upper Manya Krobo district of the Eastern region are likely to be hit with severe famine following the destruction of several acres of farms by cattle of nomadic...
The Sultan of Sokoto is the father of the Fulani people, the foremost traditional ruler in northern Nigeria and the spiritual leader of all northern Muslims. He is not just a traditional ruler but an...
