Civil Society Organizations in the Gambia have called on President Adama Barrow to resubmit the draft constitution for a referendum. The call came after members of the parliament blocked the bill at the second stage of scrutiny. Sankulleh Janko reports…

Mali announced a new government on Monday, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on Aug. 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The ministries of defence, territorial administration, security and national reconciliation will…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has said that Nigeria is pushing towards increasing trade volumes with the Gambia and strengthening bilateral relations across all spheres. Onyeama disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja as he received the Gambian delegation led…

A Ministerial meeting on “Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the Status of Girls’ and Women’s Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond is underway. The meeting is taking place by videoconferencing and brings together key stakeholders in the gender sector and…

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has launched a Free Education Project supported by a Multi-million dollar donor Trust Fund.  It is the largest funded education sector development initiative, costing over 65 million dollars. The World Bank, Irish Aid, European…

The Gambia Christian Council (GCC) Tuesday organized a press conference about their stance on the rejected 2020 draft constitution of the country.  Recall the rejection of the 2020 draft constitution of The Gambia had caused public outcry as many called…

Jihadists in Mali have freed, Soumaïla Cissé, a prominent opposition leader kidnapped earlier this year and a French aid worker held captive for almost four years, in a major exchange of prisoners with the country’s new transition government. Cissé, a…