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International

Gambia’s President Jammeh Refuses To Leave Office As Deadline Passes

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a...

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Ghana Deploys 205 Soldiers For ECOWAS Mission In Gambia

President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who doubles as the Commander In Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, has...

International

The Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh’s Term Extended By Parliament

The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his...

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Senegal Troops Move To Gambia Border As Jammeh Crisis Grows

Senegalese troops have been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure President Yahya...

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Gambians Flee Ahead of Barrow ‘inauguration’

A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they...

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Gambians Flee Ahead of Barrow ‘inauguration’

A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they...

Opinion

President Akufo-Addo Will Make Ghana Work Again

I was listening to BBC at dawn of Monday, 13th October, 2014, when a news item chronicling the exploits of the son of...

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Madagascar To Join Ethiopian’s Vast Intra-African Network

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network on 28 March 2017....

Opinion

Neo-Colonialism, Economic Sovereignty and the Imperatives of Socialist Development

Over the last several years along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa substantial finds of oil and natural gas...

International

Africa’s Top Hashtags of 2016

Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to...

Opinion

What Leadership Style Does Nana Akufo Addo Bring To the Table?

I was listening to an interview of Madereka Nyerere, son of late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, on Voice of...

International

Climate Change Could Render Sudan ‘uninhabitable’

Irregular rain has ruined crops, and the country is experiencing both droughts and floods Sudan's ecosystems and...

International

UN Asked To Launch Fresh Inquiry

A resolution is being presented to the UN General Assembly asking for a special investigator to look into the 1961...

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South Sudan FA Board Suspend President

The president of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA), Chabur Goc Alei, says he is determined to clear his name...

International

‘Unprecedented’ Numbers Face Severe Hunger In South Sudan

Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time...

Opinion

Sudan Can Expand Impact In Africa

...Summary:  “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of...

Opinion

South Sudan’s Independence And The Irony Of Defeat In Victory

For more than 25 years the people of South Sudan fought their powerful common enemy to a standstill. The enslaving Arab...

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African Court Commends West African Countries

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has commended West African States for demonstrating commitment...

Business

Ethiopian Airlines Start Services To Moroni, Comoros

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African Airline, has started a thrice-weekly services to...