Guinean and Mauritanian presidents on Friday successfully persuaded Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh to leave the country immediately, a State House source said. President Alpha Conde of Guinea and Mauritanian President Muhamad Abdul Ould Aziz made a last-minute effort to … Read More
Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow was on Thursday sworn in as the West African country’s third president. He took the oath of office in Gambia’s Embassy in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, because Yahaya Jammeh, the incumbent whom he beat in the … Read More
New York Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, chair of the Committee on Women’s Issues and member of the Cultural Affairs Committee, will continue her seven-part series of community conversations on Wednesday, with a thorough overview of “How to Apply for … Read More
The US has again asked Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to peacefully hand over power to president-elect Adama Barrow on Thursday and prevent potential chaos. John Kirby, Spokesperson for the US State Department, told a news briefing in Washington on Tuesday … Read More
Gambia’s Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbale has said he cannot stop the country’s President-elect Adama Barrow from assuming office as scheduled on 19 January 2017. Presiding over the election petition by outgoing President Yahya Jammeh and his Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation … Read More
Lawmakers in the Gambia on Tuesday endorsed a resolution that extends the term of office of President Yahya Jammeh and all members of the National Assembly for 90 days. The term of President Jammeh ends at midnight on Wednesday, and … Read More
With a breakout of violence becoming imminent, thousands of Gambian Christians, particular followers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, were observed fleeing on Tuesday from the capital, Banjul, and the commercial city of Serrekunda to areas close to the … Read More
Dr. Chika A. Onyeani, Sr. passed away peacefully at St. Barnabas Hospital on December 6, 2016. Dr. Onyeani, Sr., who became a pillar in African communities in Nigeria, here in America, and throughout the world, died from a brief illness … Read More
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and other West African leaders continued their discussions on Monday on the political impasse in The Gambia. President Buhari disclosed this to journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting of the leaders in Accra, Ghana, … Read More
Ghana’s new president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday took office with a pledge to do all in his power to justify the expectation of his countrymen and accomplish his mandate. “I am deeply humbled by the exceptional mandate and … Read More
Nigeria’s oil and gas conglomerate, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it has awarded 1.31 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to 39 companies as part of its 2017 crude term contracts. The NNPC said in a statement … Read More
Outgoing African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been endorsed as the next leader of the African National Congress (ANC) by the ruling party’s women’s division. The ANC will pick a new leader at a conference in December to replace her … Read More
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The Arab League Special envoy to Libya, Salah Eddine Al-Jamali, believes that the intervention of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Libya “has destroyed everything including security and governmental institutions”. In an interview with the Egyptian television ”Al-Ghad”, the … Read More
The Gambian government has launched a massive crackdown on opposition voices, arresting opposition members and closing down an independent radio station, Tanraga FM radio. Opposition leader stalwart Daba Muhammed Kuyateh was arrested Sunday from his home in Bakoteh and he … Read More
Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth says that an oil storage terminal project he launched on Tuesday will propel the country into the next phase of development and will contribute to transforming the island into a full-fledged maritime hub in … Read More
The Rwanda Bar Association has said it is demanding answers from the police after one of its members, Toy Ntabwoba Nzamwita, was shot dead during the weekend by a police officer for an alleged traffic offence. In a statement issued … Read More
Minimum wage is going up for all workers including the undocumented on December 31, 2016 the Department of Consumer Affairs announced this week. Businesses with 11 employees or more must pay a minimum wage of $11.00 per hour For companies … Read More
The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS) is offering six full-tuition plus travel scholarships for high school students from the African continent to attend 2017 YYGS at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. YYGS is committed to increasing education … Read More
A majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa do not trust online shopping sites, according to a recent GeoPoll survey conducted in five countries — Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana — on online shopping following a Black Friday frenzy … Read More
