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Ghana: Body builders vow to resist electoral violence

Weight Lifters and body builders in Ghana have this year, joined the peace bandwagon as Ghana goes to the polls today.  Due to their stature, the muscular, strong looking men are normally associated with electoral violence and intimidation, previously accused…

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…

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…