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Illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in Ghana, is degrading the environment and significantly polluting the country’s key water bodies. This issue has become a major topic of discussion this week after videos emerged showing how essential rivers such as…

The Larabanga Mosque is thought to be the oldest mosque in Ghana and West Africa. It is popularly referred to as the ‘Mecca of West Africa’, because of its rich historical and architectural values. The dimensions of the mosque are…

Our Woman of the Day is Jaha Dukureh, is a prominent Gambian-American activist, who has made extraordinary contributions to the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia and beyond. Born in The Gambia, Dukureh experienced FGM first-hand at…

It’s a work of art almost to see successful women today flawlessly juggling between their roles at home and work. They are smart to reprioritize and make shifts focus where and when necessary. But this is not the case for…

This edition of the street parliament gets some residents of Monrovia reacting to the proposal for a judicial reform as announced by former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott. Following her acquittal of murder charges by the Supreme Court, the former…

Experts have attribeted the recent flooding across the Sahel to climate change and poor governance. As a result of the latter, we have seen for instance the main routes in Niamey, Niger out of the city of about 1.5 million…

James Papay Kwabo Jnr has won the Lonestar Cell MTN Momo Hero of Change Award in Liberia. The Liberian Journalist Kwabo, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Alternative Youth Radio in Lofa County, north of the country, secured 70%…

In this edition of Our Woman of the Day, we spotlight one of Ghana’s most influential figures in education and cultural preservation, Professor Esi Sutherland-Addy. A trailblazing academician, writer, and human rights activist, she has dedicated her life to shaping…

As the conversation around workplace equity continues to evolve, the need for employers to address the specific needs of women has never been more critical. From flexible working hours to support for maternity and childcare, creating an environment that accommodates…

Victims of the 2022 flood disaster in the Gambia have applauded ECOWAS for providing relief support. This relief support according to beneficiary communities helped in their rebuilding process, poverty alleviation and reducing the food shortage crisis. They made the comments…

In this interview, we take a closer look at the Draft Constitution of the Gambia, that was presented by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) on the 30th of March 2020 and has decided after a thorough deliberation to re-gazette the…