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Gambia to domesticate convention against torture

The Gambia is set to approve and domesticate the convention against torture for the first time. The tiny country is also set to launch the first judicial strategic plan as part of efforts to overhaul its judicial system.  The announcement…

Burkina Faso: Six killed in gold mine attack

Burkina Faso’s national news agency AIB reported on Monday that six people were killed and properties were burned in an attack at a gold mining site on Sunday night in the southwestern region of the country. It said the attack…

Mauritania: Bird flu kills more than 250 pelicans

Mauritania’s environment ministry says about 245 pelican chicks and two dozen adult pelicans have died from H5N1 bird flu in a Mauritanian national park bordering an area in northern Senegal that was hit by the virus. The birds’ bodies were…