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The World Health Organization, WHO has warned in a new report on Wednesday, that the novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards eliminating tuberculosis, until now the top infectious disease killer globally. According to WHO, the countries hit hard…
The Gambia Government has reopened schools after 6 months of closure due to Covid-19 outbreak. The government came to the decision after consultations with various stakeholders. Sankulleh Janko reports from Banjul.
Former Guinean Prime Minister Bissau – Aristide Gomes is stuck in the premises of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Bissau. A court decision prevents him from leaving. Since last April, Aristide, who said he feared for his life, has…
The Burkinabe government says armed groups have killed about 20 people in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso. The attacks on the villages of Demniol, Bombofa and Peteguerse took place on Wednesday, the communications ministry said, 10 days…
A new report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, says rising food prices and job losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are raising fears that food insecurity and malnutrition in lower-income communities across Africa are on the…
The government of the Gambia has given instructions for the police to investigate the alleged bribery scandal at the Fisheries ministry. Ebrima Sankareh, Government spokesman told The Standard Newspaper that the Government has directed that the matter be investigated. A…
The United Nations has condemned plans to castrate rapists and paedophiles in Nigeria and called the measures 'draconian'. Recall in September, the governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state signed a law saying men convicted of rape would be subjected to surgical…
The government of Mali on Thursday announced a three-day national mourning to pay tributes to the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attack that killed at least 11 soldiers and 12 civilians. The announcement was made by the transitional President Bah N'Daw…
Ivorian opposition leaders Henri Konan Bédié and Pascal Affi N'Guessan, have called on their activists to boycott the October 31 presidential election. Addressing the media on Thursday in the Ivorian capital Abidjan, the two opposition candidates denounced an electoral…
Nigeria’s army says it is ready to maintain law and order and deal decisively with any situation created by “trouble makers”, while demonstrators calling for an end to police brutality promise to keep up nationwide protests. Protesters have staged daily…
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