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Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on Saturday after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since the president launched a tirade against migrants. Last month President Kais Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal plot” was underway […]
Most-followed TikToker Khaby Lame has already become a spokesman, fashion model, and NFT creator. For his next act, the 22-year-old supernova will serve as a judge on the 13th season of Italia’s Got Talent. Lame will be one of four panelists for the upcoming entry in the Got Talent franchise. The Italian version of the show first aired […]
The Scottish government has announced a £500,000 aid package to help countries struggling with drought in east Africa. Four charities – Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Sciaf and Tearfund – will split the funding, receiving £125,000 each. The charities will be tasked with giving out food packages, improving water access, training hygiene promoters and providing cash […]
President of REFELA has congratulated Isatou O Jallow and Isatou M. Secka as they got elected as the first female regional chairpersons for Banjul Youth Committee and Kanifing Municipal Youth Committee. According to her statement on the 4th of March, 2023. “I wish to extend my hearty congratulations to Isatou O Jallow and Isatou M. […]
Congolese are not happy about the visit of the French president to the Democratic Republic of Congo. French president, Emmanuel Macron, arrived on Friday evening, but not everyone is happy about his visit. They want him to support sanctions against Rwanda who they blame for ongoing the war in the east. The newspaper headlines tell […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has blamed a wave of poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls around the country on Tehran’s enemies. The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran’s Shia Muslim holy city of Qom, prompting some parents to take their children out of […]
Dear fellow citizens, friends, and residents of Senegal, Our country currently faces a challenging and uncertain time, and a mounting. As Senegalese citizens, it is important for us to speak up and take action to prevent any further escalation of this situation. We cannot afford to remain silent and let our country face the dark […]
Heavy flooding due to seasonal rains and tropical cyclones in southern Africa risk fuelling the spread of cholera, the Wolrd health Organization Regional director for Africa said Thursday, March 2. Dr Matshidiso Moeti added that the weekly cholera cases in affected African countries declined. The WHO is reinforcing support to increase disease detection capacity and […]
Nigeria’s presidential candidate Peter Obi, who came third in the February 25 election won by the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu, announced Thursday that he would take his case to court to challenge the results. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to get our mandate back. We won the election and we will prove […]
The German Police Support Team has donated fifty radios with other accessories to the Gambia Police. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday March 2, 2023. According to the statement the donation was aimed at enhancing communication among officers within the Police Intervention Unit. “The German Police Support Team had on Wednesday, 22 February […]
New York City has agreed to pay several million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by protesters who say they were assaulted, abused and trapped by police using a technique known as “kettling” at a demonstration in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. In court papers late Tuesday, the city said it will pay $21,500 […]
Qatar, Somalia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed concern over fighting around a disputed town in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland, where at least 34 people were killed in clashes in early February. Tension has risen between Somaliland and local clan forces in Lascanood since the […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for stronger trade relations among African countries and lamented the high cost of buying products and services outside the continent. Museveni on Tuesday began a state visit to South Africa in a bid to encourage better economic ties between Uganda and Africa´s most developed economy. He met with President […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday congratulated the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he was the best man for the job. Tinubu, candidate of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar and 6.1 million for […]
The WAPIS Gambia has begun a three-day training session in data quality and protection. According to the statement released by the organiser, the training will hold February 28th to the 2nd of March 2023. The WAPIS program, which centres on data quality and data protection in The Gambia, is holding at The GPF Credit Union’s […]
Opposition parties have protest alleged “compromised” election in Nigeria. Representatives from two of Nigeria’s three major political parties walked out from the National Collation Center in Abuja in protest against the irregularities they say were found in results announced so far, some blamed on glitches with technology heavily deployed in the vote. Several party agents […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been expected to outline new Africa policy ahead of his visit to four African countries beginning from Monday. He is expected to visit Gabon for an environmental summit, then Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. It comes as Paris seeks to counter growing Russian and Chinese influence […]
A United Nations helicopter came under heavy fire in eastern Congo, bringing the mission to suspend flights in the conflict-riddled region, the organization said Monday. A helicopter returning from Walikale to the regional capital, Goma in North Kivu province, came under attack for 10 minutes last week but was able to land safely in Goma […]
Mali and Burkina Faso have reaffirmed their commitment to a strong and lasting alliance between the two countries. This follows the visit by Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, to Ougadougou where he and his delegation held meetings with his counterpart, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, and government ministers. The busy schedule included the delegations discussing security […]