Gambian president faces key test to extend mandate after Thursday vote
After 22 years at the helm of a tiny West African nation that he has vowed to rule for “a billion years,” Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is facing a strong…
Kenyans are first in Africa to get generic of latest AIDS drug
Kenya is the first African country to start using a modern generic version of the latest HIV drug that can improve and prolong the lives of tens of thousands of…
Liberia’s Nimba precincts vote today ahead of run-off declaration
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) confirmed on Monday that two polling stations in the Nimba county would be voting today. Voting in the area … source
President Khama accuses the US government of encouraging elephant poaching
Botswana’s President Ian Khama on Friday accused the US government of encouraging elephant poaching following its recent decision to reverse a ban on … source
Search begins for kidnapped Britons in DR Congo- Army
Congolese army spokesman on Saturday said, soldiers and park rangers have launched an operation to locate two British tourists kidnapped in the country’s … source
Celebrities reflect on Martin Luther King Day
A half century after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, celebrities have been remembering him and reflecting on how much progress has been made in racial … source
WHO to deploy 4,000 vaccines in DR Congo Ebola response
The global health outfit, World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has obtained 4000 doses of Ebola vaccine and is preparing for deployment in the Democratic … source
Chibok girls: Nigerians blame political elite for insecurity, corruption
April 14, 2018 marks four years since the kidnapping of 200 Chibok school girls in Borno state, North-Eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram. Civil Society groups … source
Adama Barrow will favour Jammeh’s extradition should commission recommend he stands trial
Gambian President Adama Barrow has said he will favor the extradition of his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, if a commission of inquiry into human-rights abuses … source
ICC hearing recommended for Eritrean gov’t over rights abuses
The Eritrean regime, one of the most repressive in the world, was on Wednesday found to have committed gross human rights violations by a UN Commission of … source