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The Gambia 27 years after Jammeh seized power

Thursday, 22nd July 2021 marks 27 years since former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh ousted Sir Dr Kairaba Jawara, the first democratically elected president of the country, through a coup d'état that was widely seen as bloodless. 27 years on, the…

Nigeria: 100 Kidnapped Victims Rescued in Zamfara

Police in Nigeria's North Western Zamfara State have rescued 100 Kidnap Victims, most of them Nursing Mothers with their kids. Special Assistant on Security Matters to Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Tsafe, who revealed this during a Press Briefing at the…

MP, three others denied bail by Sierra Leonean court

Sierra Leone, a Member of Parliament and three others who are standing trial for unlawful possession of firearms, have been denied bail for the fourth time by Magistrate court. According to the lawyer representing the parliamentarian, the courts have not…

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara and Gbagbo to meet July 27th

Ivorian President Alassane Ouatarra and his predecessor Laurents Gbagbo are due to meeting on Tuesday 27 July, for the first time after the post-election violence of 2010 that destabilized the country. The meeting was announced by government spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly…