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IMF to meet Ghana’s new government over aid deal signed by previous president

Officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be visiting Ghana to discuss with the new government its plans for the bailout deal signed...

Nigerian MPs approve asylum package for Gambia’s Jammeh

Mr Buhari (R) and other regional leaders met Mr Jammeh last month to urge him to step down. Photo Credit: Reuters   Lawmakers in Nigeria on...

Nigerian lawmakers to debate asylum package for Gambia’s Jammeh

Lawmakers in Nigeria are to debate a proposal to provide Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh with asylum when his tenure expires on January 19 as part...

Aid groups accused of profiting from Boko Haram crisis

Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno state in Nigeria.    Aid agencies including UNICEF are profiting from funds meant to help those fleeing Boko Haram's Islamic uprising...

Ghana’s Mahama drops request to keep official residence as retirement package after backlash

Ghana’s former president, John Dramani Mahama has decided not to push further with his request to still stay in the residence he had occupied...

Germany to deploy more soldiers and helicopters to Mali

The Germany is to deploy eight attack and transportation helicopters to Mali. It will also deploy 350 additional soldiers to the country, all being...

Gambia’s Jammeh preaches reconciliation as he appoints a mediator to resolve political crisis

The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has been preaching forgiveness among the political class in his country after the Supreme Court in that country postponed...

Nigeria’s government under pressure to rescue girls abducted by Boko Haram

Nigeria is facing mounting pressure to find some 200 schoolgirls abducted 1,000 days ago in Boko Haram's most infamous attack after the rescue of...

Gambia’s top court adjourns Jammeh’s poll challenge

Gambia's Supreme Court was unable to hear President Yahya Jammeh's legal challenge to his election defeat on Tuesday after judges from Nigeria and Sierra...

Tensions rise over still unpaid bonuses to Ivory Coast mutineers

Ivory Coast's government has yet to pay bonuses promised to soldiers to end a two-day army revolt, mutineers said on Tuesday, and confusion over...

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