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British tour operator evacuates tourists from the Gambia

The British tour operator Thomas Cook has announced it is evacuating holidaymakers from Gambia. This follows the uncertainty that surrounds the political future of country...

Several people killed in a car bomb at a Mali military base

More than 30 people are reported to have been killed in a car bomb attack on a military base in Mali on Wednesday. The BBC...

Gambia’s national assembly extends tenure of Jammeh by three more months

The Gambia’s state television has reported that the country’s national assembly has ruled allowing embattled president Yahya Jammeh to stay in office for additional...

Red Cross vow to continue aid after workers killed in northeast Nigeria

Injured people are comforted at the site after a bombing attack of an internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Nigeria. Photo Credit: Reuters   The International...

Nigerian jet kills at least 50 civilians

People walk at the site after a bombing attack of an internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Nigeria. Photo Credit: Reuters A Nigerian air force...

Gambia’s Jammeh declares state of emergency

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. He decried "extraordinary" foreign interference in his...

Ivory Coast police fire teargas to disperse students protesting

Ivory Coast police fired teargas on Monday to disperse pupils and students protesting at government ministries in the main city, Abidjan, as nationwide strikes...

Gambia’s top court declines ruling on Jammeh’s election result challenge case

It appears options available to Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh to hold onto power are diminishing fast as the expiration of his tenure approaches. The country’s...

More of Jammeh’s ministers desert him as his tenure ends on Thursday

The embattled president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is losing more of his allies as the end of his tenure approaches. Three more government ministers...

Nigeria crowns Virgin Queen for 2017

Dolapo Makunjuola, Miss Virginity 2017 in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Premium Times Sixteen-Year old Miss Dolapo Makunjuola has won 2017 Miss Virginity Beauty Pageant held yesterday...

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