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The Gambia is preparing for the new tourism season following the ease of covid-19 measures by the government. WADR’s Veronic Njie visited the SeneGambia craft market, a central hub for tourists to see first-hand how craft makers and sellers were…
A donor conference aimed at galvanizing funding for continued humanitarian response in the central Sahel region will take place today in Denmark. Tuesday's conference, which will be hosted by Denmark, along with Germany, the European Union and the United Nations also…
New figures by the Norwegian Refugee Council have revealed a staggering 12 million children missed up to four months of school across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger due to Covid-19 restrictions. The figures also revealed that 776,000 children were prevented…
Human Rights Watch is calling on Mauritania’s government to drop charges of blasphemy and insulting Islam against eight political activists and release the five held in pretrial detention since February 26, 2020. The call comes as the Nouakchott West Criminal…
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth said on Monday that Nigerians protesting against what they condemn as police brutality must end their daily demonstrations and enter into dialogue with the government on law enforcement reforms. Thousands of Nigerians calling for an end…
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations are urging political actors in Cote d’Ivoire to engage in dialogue among themselves and with civil society. The plea comes two weeks to go before a tense presidential election.…
Twelve presidential candidates have been cleared to contest the 2020 general elections in Ghana. The twelve include front runners President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama who successfully completed and submitted their nomination forms last month as well as…
Guinea's opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo declared himself the winner of the West African country's presidential election Monday before the official results have been announced, setting up a tense showdown with the incumbent leader of a decade. The party of…
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