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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...

International

South Sudan’s Central Bank Governor, Other Senior Government Officials Sacked

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked his longer – serving central bank governor Korneilo Koryom Mayik and...

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Israel-Palestinian Conflict

A major international conference to try to kick-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is being held in...

International

Israel-Palestinian Conflict

A major international conference to try to kick-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is being held in...

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Gambian Minister ‘quits In Protest’ Amid Political Impasse

Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang has resigned to protest against President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to...

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Gambia Minister Quits Job In Protest Against Jammeh

Gambian information minister Sheriff Bojang has resigned to protest President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to accept defeat...

Opinion

He Meant Ghanaian Exceptionalism

The inaugural address of President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 5th democratically elected government leader of...

Politics

Tributes For Ex-Iran President

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led tributes to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has...

Profiles

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo All You Need to Know His Life and Journey to the Presidency

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was brought up in Accra Central and in the Nima area of Accra. Nana Akufo-Addo was born in...

International

Indian Missile Test Injects New Tension Into Asia

It's a frightening prospect, India and China going to war. The countries are home to 2.5 billion people, a long and...

Opinion

High Time All African States Have Left the Eurocentric ICC

Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court...

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I Return Home With Uneasiness

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana, Harruna Attah has said he is returning home with some uneasiness...

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Rebels Threaten To Boycott Astana Talks

Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and...

Opinion

West Africa Is No Longer Country For Old Dictators

“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Gambian Crisis: West Africa is No longer Country for Old Dictators E....

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Yahya Jammeh Calls ECOWAS Deployment ‘an Act of War’

President Yahya Jammeh says the West African community’s decision to send troops into The Gambia to force him to...

International

Netanyahu Condemns John Kerry Speech

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as biased a speech by outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry on...

International

John Kerry Warns Israel Over Peace Deal With Palestinians

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state...

Opinion

Why Is Europe Able To Manage Its Decline, While Asia Is (still) Unable To Capitalize (on) Its Successes

How to draw the line between the recent and still unsettled EU/EURO crisis and Asia’s success story? Well, it might...