More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia’s state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow has said. Mai Ahmad Fatty said financial experts were...
THE man who won The Gambia’s disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal. The message, posted on Adama Barrow’s social media accounts, invited the...
Civilians and tourists leave and regional forces deploy as President Jammeh refuses to cede power despite election loss. Large numbers of Gambians have fled their homes and soldiers from neighbouring Senegal have begun moving...
Finance, foreign affairs, trade and the environment ministers quit Jammeh’s government as end of his term looms. The Gambia’s ministers for finance, foreign affairs, trade and the environment have resigned from President Yahya Jammeh’s...
Four locomotives and two railway engines arrived at the port of Mombasa, Kenya on the 9th January. The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) which is a multi-billion project is still under construction and set to...
Malawi’s president has set up a commission this week to investigate “Maizegate,” a deal involving the recent purchase of maize from neighboring Zambia. Controversy was sparked in November when a local newspaper in Malawi...
“Radical economic transformation remains at the core of our economic strategy,” Zuma said in his keynote address. “More decisive steps must and will be taken to promote greater economic inclusion and to advance ownership...
Nana Akufo-Addo is to be sworn in as Ghana’s new president on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month. The 72-year-old former human rights lawyer will take the oath...
Close to $1B needed to help an estimated 5.6M people following drought in several parts of the country An estimated 5.6 million people in Ethiopia are in dire need of emergency relief supplies following...
A serious diplomatic storm is looming between Zimbabwe and Zambia over fishing in Lake Kariba, which is shared by the two countries, a report said on Tuesday. According to New Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean Water and...
