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Gambians Vote for new MPs in First Election After Jammeh’s Exit

Gambians are voting for new members of parliament for the first time since the exit of former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh. In all 239 candidates...

Nigeria’s Buhari launches economic recovery plan

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched an Economic Recovery and Growth Plan for his country. Senate President @bukolasaraki, Speaker @YakubDogara & APC Chair Chief...

Ghana’s government suspends licensing of small-scale miners

Ghana’s government has placed a moratorium on licensing of small-scale miners following upheavals from civil Society groups on the menace. It follows calls by groups...

Nigeria begins vaccine drive to stop outbreak of meningitis

Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has killed nearly...

Nigerian govt accused of doing little to secure release of Chibok girls

Nigeria's government and military are not doing enough to ensure the release of 195 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held by Boko Haram Islamic extremists for...

Benin President’s attempt to reduce term limit fails

The president of Benin, Patrice Talon failed in his attempt to reform his country’s constitution. Reducing the current two five-year presidential term to just one...

Over hundred Gambians held up in Libya prisons return home

More than one hundred Gambians who were held up in Libyan prisons on Tuesday returned home. These Gambians had attempted migrating to Europe under difficult...

Gambians gear up for first election after Jammeh’s exit

On Thursday, Gambians will be going to the polls for the first time since former long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced into exile. This time...

Boko Haram denies claims of starvation in northeast Nigeria

The faction of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram led by Abubakar Shekau released a video on Tuesday denying that fighters are dying of...

Ghanaians wage ‘war’ against illegal mining as water bodies dry up

Ghanaians have started waging what many consider a revived war against illegal mining mostly carried out in mining communities in Ghana.

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