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How Gambia’s Jammeh used state money while in exile

Ongoing proceedings at the presidential commission of inquiry in The Gambia have revealed details of how the country’s former President, Yahya Jammeh withdrew public funds from the Central bank for private use.

Ghana’s free high school program takes off

Ghana on Monday rolled out it's free senior high school (SHS) policy in public schools across the West African nation with over 400,000 students expected to benefit.

Travel ban on opposition leaders in Gabon lifted

Gabon's opposition leaders, including former African Union chief Jean Ping, are free to travel again, the government said on Saturday, nearly a week after banning them from leaving the country.

Togo’s Gnassingbe under pressure to stepdown amid protests

The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe is coming under immense pressure to give in to agitations from Togolese protesting against his family’s ruling dynasty.

8 farmers killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists killed eight people in a series of raids on farming communities in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia members and local residents told AFP on Friday.

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 19 from bus in oil hub

Gunmen kidnapped 19 bus passengers near Nigeria's southern oil hub, Port Harcourt, police said on on Friday, in the latest of a series of abductions in recent weeks.

Gbagbo allies accused of fomenting trouble in Ivory Coast

A group of allies of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, including at least one living in exile in neighbouring Ghana, are behind a wave of attacks on security installations this year, the interior minister said on Thursday.

Togo: Anti-Gnassingbe dynasty protests held for second day

Members of Togo’s opposition party on Thursday demonstrated for the second day running as they continue to demand an end to the Gnassingbe dynasty and a change in the country’s constitution.

Nigerian minister claims Buhari won’t seek re-election in 2019

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has told his party members that he does not intend seeking re-election in 2019, according to a government official who claimed the comments were made in 2015 to APC members.

121 Nigerians repatriated from Libya

Nigerian officials have confirmed the repatriation of some 121 Nigerians from Libya where they were stranded for months.

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