Ex-Prisoner Sworn Into Gambian Cabinet As Finance Minister
A released prisoner has just been made The Gambia’s finance minister. Among other cabinet members sworn in today was a ...
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Ex-Prisoner Sworn Into Gambian Cabinet
A newly released prisoner has just been made The Gambia’s finance minister. Just 72 hours ago Amadou Sanneh was still ...
Zimbabwe’s #ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire Detained On Return
A Zimbabwean pastor who criticised his government has been detained after flying back to the country. Evan Mawarire, who left ...
Truck Crash Kills 47, Including Newly-Weds
At least 47 people, including 10 children and a newly-wed couple, have been killed in a traffic accident north of ...
Airlines Refuse to Fly Nationals to the US, after Trump’s Ban Comes into Effect.
US President Donald Trump's order banning arrivals from several Muslim-majority countries has come into effect, with some airlines already stopping ...
Al-Shabab Attack At Mogadishu Hotel ‘kills 28’
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab at ...
Barrow Inauguration In Senegal As Jammeh Stays Put
The man who won The Gambia's disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country's embassy ...
Many Feared Dead As High-Rise Collapses
Many firefighters are feared dead after a landmark high-rise building in Iran's capital, Tehran, caught fire and collapsed, state media ...
Mali Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 37 People’ In Gao
At least 37 people have been killed in northern Mali in a car bomb attack on a military base, officials ...
John Kerry Finds Vietnam War Site Where He Killed A Man
The outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry has visited the place in the Mekong Delta where he was ambushed ...
Goodluck Jonathan Denies Oil Deal Kickbacks
Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan did not receive kickbacks from a $1.3bn deal involving oil giants ENI and Shell which ...
Barack Obama Delivers Farewell Address In Chicago
US President Barack Obama is giving a farewell speech in Chicago, reflecting on his time in office. He said he ...
Twin Suicide Blasts Rock Afghanistan’s Capital Kabul
Afghan policemen at the site of the suicide bomb attack in Kabul More than 20 people have been ...
Chad’s Ex-President Seeks To Overturn Verdict
Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre has gone to court to challenge his conviction for crimes against humanity. His lawyers argue that ...
Indian Police Accused of Mass Rape During Operation
India's human rights watchdog said more than a dozen tribal women were raped by police in restive Chhattisgarh state with ...
Calm Reported After Two-Day Mutiny
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers' pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, ...
Calm Returns To Ivory Coast After Unrest Over Soldiers’ Pay
A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed. Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, ...
Chelsea Fans Guilty Over Paris Metro Racism
Four Chelsea fans accused of aggravated violence against a black man on the Paris Metro have been given suspended one-year ...
Manhunt After Dozens Killed In Istanbul Nightclub Attack
Police in Istanbul are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a well-known nightclub, killing at least 39 people. ...
28 Dead As Twin Bombs Rip Through Market
The explosions happened one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. More than 50 people were injured. Police said a ...