Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel and stormed inside, killing at least 13 people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said. Gunfire rang…
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Even before the cheers to celebrate the end of Yahya Jammeh’s brutal 22-year rule of Gambia died down, there was fury that he was being allowed to flee into luxurious…
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Al Shabaab Kill Four Soldiers, Injure Many In Fresh Mogadishu Attack
by Damilare Salami January 24, 2017About four soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb that Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it planted exploded outside a military camp in a…
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Headteacher who sexually assaulted 3 children gets public justice [VIDEO]
by Reporter January 24, 2017A Kenyan head teacher was flogged in public after allegedly defiling three school girls under his custody. Willy Kiprop reportedly enticed the girls aged 12 to 16 with goodies and…
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Fatoumata Tambajang, the Gambia’s political change agent has been appointed as the new Vice President of the new government of President Adama Barrow. Tambajang has ever been a good mediator…
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Liberia: Ex-footballer George Weah Names Charles Taylor’s ex-wife as his VP candidate
by Arinze Ago January 23, 2017Liberia’s international soccer star turned presidential candidate has named the ex-wife of former President Charles Taylor as his running mate. In a statement broadcast by Liberian radio stations Monday morning,…
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Meet Gambia’s new President Adamma Barrow and his two First Ladies
by Daniji Emmanuel January 20, 2017STORY HIGHLIGHTS You can call him Daddy Yo! Adamma Barrow may have one problem- the defeated Yahya Jammeh (who at press time was still clinging on to power) to deal…
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My soldiers will surrender to W/African troops, Gambian Army Chief
by Reporter January 19, 2017Gambian Chief of Defence Staff, Ousman Badje has said his troops will not put up any resistance if West African troops entered his country to enforce the ECOWAS mandate of…
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Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow to be sworn in, from Mauritania
by Reporter January 18, 2017The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has said his countrymen and women are at the brink of making another world history on Thursday, after defeating Yahya Jammeh in the December 1election.…
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh caught on video begging Sirleaf for assistance
by Arinze Ago January 18, 2017Earlier, it was reported that President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia had failed in his bid to stop the inauguration of president-elect Adama Barrow on January 19, 2017. This was because of…