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The once powerful leader of the West African nation of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is reported to be very isolated in Equatorial Guinea where he is currently living in exile.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the October 26 repeat presidential election, boycotted by the opposition led by Rail Odinga, winning by 98 percent of total votes cast.

26 Togolese nationals are to appear in court on Monday in Ghana’s capital Accra after police officers arrested them for staging an unlawful protest over the weekend to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe.

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR has said that hundreds of Togolese have fled the country into neighboring Ghana.

A South African court on Friday jailed two white farmers, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson accused of assault to 11 and 14 years in prison respectively.

Kenyans on Thursday cast their votes to choose a new president in an election that was boycotted by the opposition political party.

Kenyans are voting in a repeat presidential election boycotted by opposition supporters who have been asked by their leader, Raila Odinga to stay away.

Officials of Kenya's election commission on Wednesday confirmed that the repeat presidential election would take place on Thursday as scheduled.

Kenya’s Supreme Court on Wednesday was unable to hear a case filed by some voters seeking to have Thursday’s repeat presidential election stopped.

Leaders of the West African sub-region have decided to speed up efforts at institutionalizing a common currency for bloc after meeting in Niamey, Niger.