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Police FC have broken record after defeating GFA in the first division. The Police FC opened their account with a resounding victory against a very solid GAF side. The Gambia Football Federation’s Women’s First Division league kicked off on Saturday February 25, 2023. According to a report on Saturday, the Police FC ladies’s goals from […]
French President Emmanuel Macron will next week undertake a four-nation tour of central African countries, as Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region. Macron is to visit Gabon for an environmental summit, followed by Angola, then the Republic of Congo, and finally the Democratic Republic of Congo. His visits come […]
Moroccans visiting this vegetable and fruits in the city of Sale have been finding it harder and harder to buy from it. As inflation continues to rise, many people in the country are finding themselves priced out of certain things, including food. ”If we take a look at the prices of vegetables in the market […]
Nigeria has ordered the closure of all its land borders during Saturday’s tightly contested elections. The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said. Border officials have been told to ensure strict enforcement of the order. The presidential and parliamentary elections are reported […]
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of African Development Bank Group, has expressed concerns bordering on the economic challenges, especially debt, facing Zimbabwe. This was made known in a speech he delivered at the second dialogue platform meeting on the arrears’ clearance and debt resolution process for Zimbabwe. Dr. Adesina lamented the current state of Zimbabwe’s economy. […]
Authorities in Madagascar have announced that the passage of powerful tropical cyclone Freddy resulted in four dead. The storm affected some 16,600 people according to the country’s National Risk Management Office. The powerful gusts of wind reached around 130 kilometres per hour; contrary to last year’s cyclone Batsirai, cyclone Freddy did not bring as much […]
The ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt has unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum in the capital, Cairo , on Monday. The refurbishment of the museum wing marks the start of a broader renovation program for the 120 -year old museum situated near Tahrir Square . “Today we announce the completion of […]
Tanzania‘s government has given its approval on Tuesday for the construction of a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline, part of a controversial mega-project that has raised concerns over human rights and the environment . The 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline will transport crude from vast oilfields being developed in Lake Albert in northwestern Uganda to a Tanzanian […]
Three UN peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in jihadist-torn central Mali, the mission said, in a fresh blow to the long-running operation. “A MINUSMA Force convoy hit an Improvised Explosive Device #IED today,” it said in a tweet that gave a preliminary toll of three dead and five […]
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others seriously injured on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali, the UN mission said. “A MINUSMA Force convoy hit an Improvised Explosive Device #IED today,” it said in a tweet that gave a preliminary toll. The mission gave no immediate word about […]
The African Union has justified the expulsion of the Israeli delegation from its weekend summit. African Union chief, Moussa Faki Mahamat said Israel’s observer status with the organization had been suspended and the country was therefore not invited to its weekend summit. AU commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Sunday, a day after the […]
Burkina Faso has announced that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state were officially over, after bilateral relations soured in recent months. Senior officers from Burkinabe and French forces in the country held a flag-lowering ceremony to mark the occasion at a camp on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou on […]
The African Union has reaffirmed on Sunday that Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Sudan will remain suspended from the pan-African organization following the summit in Ethiopia. Mali, Guinea and Sudan were suspended in 2021, Burkina Faso followed a year later, after the military took power. Speaking after the summit, the head of the AU’s Peace […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Director-General of International Organization for Migration (IOM), Antonio Vitorino. The meeting was held on Sunday February 19, 2023, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the meeting on the margins of the 36th AU Summit, President Buhari pledged Nigeria’s continued support to international organisations working in the northeast region […]
The United Nations (UN) System in Nigeria has expressed concerns over possible adverse effects of the lingering fuel scarcity, the difficulties imposed on Nigerians by the Naira swap policy and violence on the forthcoming 2023 general election. These issues were raised at the first quarterly briefing of the diplomatic community convened by the UN Resident […]
The frontrunners in Nigeria’s presidential race hit the campaign trail on Saturday in a major push to convince voters a week before the polls. More than 90 million people are registered to vote in Nigeria where President Muhammadu Buhari is stepping down after his two terms allowed by the constitution. Waving from the top of […]
The Gambia has celebrated its 58 years of nationhood. The colourful ceremony was held at the McCarthy Square in Banjul on Saturday February 18, 2023. The event featured a spectacular parade by the security forces and a march-past by students. In his address, President Adama Barrow said, “Convinced that democracy is a framework to attain […]
The African Union is set to discuss sanctions on suspended states. On Friday, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) announced that it will be meeting to discuss lifting the sanctions imposed on Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea following military coups. Since 2020, all three countries have also been suspended from the […]
By Eric AdamsThe Mayor of the City of New York A year into my administration, New York City remains the safest large city in America. We are following through on a 360-degree approach to fighting crime that includes both strategies for investing in our communities and excellent policing. Thanks to two years of tireless efforts […]