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Plans to curb road accidents and other related incidents are underway in The Gambia. The Gambia is validating a road safety strategy to address safety issues after a 2018 WHO report ranked it 4th position globally with the highest road…
In Mali, an inter-community reconciliation forum has begun with small communities in some localities across the country. The reconciliation is to enable members of the transitional government, community actors and group representatives to discuss ways in restoring lasting peace among…
At least 38 people, including many children are feared dead after one of the hundreds of overcrowded vessels carrying civilians fleeing insecurity in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, sank last week. Details of the tragedy, which reportedly happened on 29 October,…
The Lagos State Police Command said on Thursday it will resist any planned protest, procession, or gathering in Lagos State. The police said this amidst plans for the #EndSARS protest to resume weeks after violence erupted in Lagos following the…
The Cameroonian government has given an official burial ceremony to the seven schoolchildren who were killed in an attack at a school in Kumba in the country’s conflict-ridden South-West region. The children were killed in their classroom on October 24…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday that Covid-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparations for a second wave. The African Union-run organization's head John Nkengasong said that over…
The Court of First Instance of Lomé has condemned the newspaper, THE Alternative for defamation. But the ruling has been criticised by media professionals who spoke of a violation of the right to information. Two academics announced on Thursday that…
Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré launched his campaign Thursday in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second largest city, promising "peace" in a country undermined by jihadist attacks over the past five years. This event which was originally scheduled for 31 October…
The Gambia will hold a by-election for the parliamentary seat in the Niami East Constituency, North of the country on Saturday. The seat became vacant after its occupant Demba Sowe of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) died in January after a…
The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, arrived Monday in Bamako for a first meeting with the Malian transitional authorities, a week after the visit of the head of French diplomacy Jean-Yves Le Drian. She told AFP that…