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Hezbollah Urges Lebanon Plan For Syria Refugee Return

The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged the government to coordinate with Damascus to help...

International

The Gambia Thanks Senegal’s Macky Sall For Post-Election Intervention

The Gambia has expressed gratitude to its only landed neighbour, Senegal, for its intervention in the post election...

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Over 16,000 Ghanaians Migrated To the Gulf Region Last Year

A total of 16,367 Ghanaians left the country to the Gulf region in 2016, statistics from the Ghana Immigration Service...

International

Food Crisis Could Become Famine This Year, UN Warns

The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN's humanitarian chief has...

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MPs Fight Over Gambia

There was an interesting debate on the political situation in The Gambia in parliament on Wednesday, with the majority...

Opinion

President Barrow Arrives To Take Power In The Gambia

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - President Adama Barrow arrived in The Gambia on Thursday to a jubilant welcome marking the...

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UNICEF, Partners Lay Measures To Support Displaced Gambian Children

Reports indicate that thousands of Children in The Gambia have vacated their homes to neighbouring Senegal due to the...

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Jammeh Misses Second Deadline To Step Down

A deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed forces at...

International

Swearing-In Ceremony of Adama Barrow, President Elect of The Gambia

Adama Barrow who won The Gambia's election is being sworn in as president at the country's embassy in neighbouring...

International

Barrow Inauguration In Senegal As Jammeh Stays Put

The man who won The Gambia's disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country's embassy in...

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...

International

Saudi Rejects Interference In Yemen

Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external "interference" in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an...

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Ghana Decides Today

By Akwasi Brobbey The political process does not end on election day. Young people need to stay involved in the process...

Opinion

ISIS Next Place Is Mali

Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked...