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Ghana: Election observers adjudge polls ‘peaceful’

Election observers have adjudged the just ended presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana as peaceful. They say voting passed off peacefully with a few reported minor incidents at some polling stations. The election ended last evening and vote counting is…

The Gambia reforms law on birth, others

In the Gambia, archaic laws on birth, death, marriage and divorce, are currently being reviewed for a transit from manual to electronic modes of data collection and storage. This follows various challenges facing the country including conditions of statelessness by…

Liberia: Opposition leaders call for referendum boycott

In Liberia, political tension is heating up ahead of the December 8, midterm senate election and a constitutional referendum. The referendum seeks to reduce the current six-years presidential and Representatives tenures to five years and reduce the tenure of senators…

Gambia launches food quality control committee

The Gambia Thursday launched the National Codex Committee (NCC), a body tasked with the responsibility of ensuring food safety and quality.  This comes at a time the country has realized a decline in the exportation of her main cash crop…