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The Gambia: Diaspora remittances hits all-time high

Diaspora remittances constituted 62.9% of the Gambia’s 2021 Gross Domestic Product GDP according to the Central Bank of the Gambia. This hits the all-time remittance inflow of the Gambia amounting to the tune of $774.6 million, registering a 31% growth…

23 students involved in accident in Ghana

In Ghana, 23 traveling students were on Thursday involved in a road accident along the Dodowa – Shai hills road. Local media JoyNews revealed that the students were heading to Anum Secondary School. Confirming the incident, Principal Emergency Medical Technician,…

Liberia busts ‘money laundering’ network

Liberia’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has labeled Korlane investments limited liability Company as Shell Company Set up for Money Laundering and Concealment of Crime Proceeds. The FIU described the company as a high-risk money Laundering company set up for what…

Two soldiers killed in northwest Benin

A unit of the Beninese Armed Forces came under attack on Thursday when the patrol van drove on an improvised explosive device near the country’s shared border with Burkina Faso.  According to a security source, one soldier died on the…

30 Nigerian students freed after 7 months

Gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven months in captivity, a government official has said, the latest batch in the release of the dozens of Kebbi state students abducted in June. 2021. They arrived at the Kebbi…

Liberia govt receives damning human rights grading

In Liberia, the United Methodist Human Rights Monitor has released their 2021 human rights report, alarming over the rise in rape and other sexual related offences. According to the Monitor’s Program Manager, Jefferson Knight, the government failed miserably scoring 40%…