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World Bank to support Gambia’s budget with $60 million

The World Bank's Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, is reported to have announced that The Gambia will be given $60 million in budgetary support.

Morocco applies to join ECOWAS

Morocco is reported to have applied to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Kuwait News agency reported that the application was...

Gambia’s President Barrow to reform prisons system

The President of The Gambia Adama Barrow has announced his intention to roll out reforms in the country’s prisons system.

How money flowed to Gambia’s ex president

Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects, according to bank records and interviews with a former charity official and a former presidential staff member.

Nigeria postpones investment conference due to Abuja airport closure

Nigeria has postponed for three months a trade conference meant to drum up badly-needed investment due to the temporary closure of its capital's international airport, the organisers said on Friday.

Africans urged to boycott South African Businesses over xenophobic attacks

A Ghanaian lawmaker, Mubarak Muntaka on Friday called on Ghanaians and Africans to boycott South African products and companies over the ongoing xenophobic attacks...

Millions at risk of famine in Africa worsened by Boko Haram

Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa's Lake Chad region caused by...

Zambia hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that an earthquake hit northern Zambia early on Friday. According to the USGS, the magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck...

South African police break up anti-immigrant protests

South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after...

Uganda holds fleeing M23 rebels after Congo clashes

Uganda is holding dozens of fighters from the M23 rebel group who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo after clashing with troops there this...

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