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Gambia’s Jammeh still holds on to power as regional leaders fail to reach deal

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh attends a meeting with a delegation of West African leaders during the election crisis mediation at the presidential palace in...

West African leaders press Gambia’s Jammeh to quit

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh in Banjul, Gambia. Photo Credit: Reuters   Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and other African leaders on Tuesday urged Gambia's long-ruling...

Host families in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria at risk of hunger

Women and children are seen gathered at the water point at the Internally displaced peoples camp Muna camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria.  Reuters   When Boko Haram...

Lawyers in Gabon embark on indefinite strike

Lawyers in Gabon began an indefinite strike after ending an earlier 15-day strike to demand better conditions and unpaid allowances. The decision was taken after...

Gambia law society warns Jammeh over treasonable stunts

The Gambian Bar Association (GBA) has challenged the decision by outgoing president Yahya Jammeh to annul the last presidential polls which he lost to...

Lagos 2016 beach soccer begins

Team Switzerland celebrating after winning their Copa Lagos Beach Soccer match against Team Nigeria on Sunday. The Europeans won 8-3. Photo Credit: Saheed Olugbon.   The...

Nigeria sends surgeons to treat people injured in church collapse

Heavy duty equipment and machinery are seen at the premises of the collapsed church in Uyo, Nigeria. Photoo Credit: Reuters   Nigeria rushed plastic surgeons and...

Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf to lead mediation mission to Gambia

Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow. Photo Credit: Reuters   Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a mission to Gambia on Tuesday to mediate in a crisis brought...

EU agrees money-for-migration deal with Mali

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Mali in October.   The European Union, under an agreement published on Monday, will provide...

Ghana’s next leader under pressure to deliver for impatient voters

President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo. Photo Credit: Reuters   Ghana's President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo needs to act fast to deliver on his campaign promise to create jobs,...

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