Gambia’s newly re-elected president, Adama Barrow has promised that his government plans to draft a new constitution that would introduce presidential term limits. In his first…
Author: Babatunde Oguntimehin
A court in Benin has condemned academic and political opponent Joël Aïvo to 10 years behind bars. The former presidential candidate was detained last April, the…
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is reporting an escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, clashes which has displaced thousands of people since November, including across the border…
A massive fire has ripped through an overcrowded prison in Burundi early on Tuesday, with fears of heavy casualties as inmates were reportedly still confined to…
Twenty soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have wrapped up their four-day training aimed at sharpening skills…
The Coalition of Commercial Transport Operators has commenced an indefinite nationwide strike to protest the High cost of fuel prices in the country. The Coalition had…
On Saturday, December 4, the people of Gambia will go to the polls to elect their president. In the election, Gambian President Adama Barrow will face…
Amnesty International has released a statement indicating that more than 61 children are still in captivity months after mass abduction by bandits with more than 780…
The omicron variant of coronavirus has now been officially confirmed in the four African countries of South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, and Ghana, the Africa Center for…
Today, the world marks International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. The focus is on eradicating contemporary forms of slavery, such as trafficking in persons, sexual…