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UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism

UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism

Regional security topped the agenda of a United Nations-backed joint summit on Central and West Africa searching, among other things, for a practical approach to fighting terrorism. In a statement issued on Thursday through his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António Guterres commended the Central and West African regions for the successful Joint Summit of […]

Any dispute over Mali’s key Sunday vote must be resolved peacefully, says UN envoy

Any dispute over Mali’s key Sunday vote must be resolved peacefully, says UN envoy

With key presidential elections in Mali just two days away, the top United Nations official there on Friday stressed that candidates must accept the results and ensure that the democratic process in Mali is “irreversible”. “It is necessary that everybody goes to vote in a peaceful way and that the actors competing in this election […]

What We Need to Learn for This Year’s Polls in Zimbabwe, Cameroon and DR Congo

What We Need to Learn for This Year’s Polls in Zimbabwe, Cameroon and DR Congo

As Zimbabwe, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prepare to hold historic polls in July, October and December respectively, concerns around violence, intimidation and credible electoral processes are rising. In Zimbabwe, incidents of intimidation and threats of violence have been reported ahead of the 30 July election, which will be a test for […]

Malema Urges African Leaders To Gather Courage And Tell Zimbabwe president Mugabe To Go

Malema Urges African Leaders To Gather Courage And Tell Zimbabwe president Mugabe To Go

South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema has urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to gather courage and tell President Robert Mugabe to say his ‘Goodbye’s and step down. Malema said the regional bloc, SADC, must draw courage and inspiration from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that forced […]

Focus On Women’s Films in Burkina Faso

Focus On Women’s Films in Burkina Faso

Images of women abound on the placards for the Fespaco Film Festival in Ouagadougou. Sometimes smiling. Sometimes recoiling in horror at rape, abuse and disillusionment. Burkinabe director Apolline Traore’s film “Frontieres” tells the story of a journey from Senegal to the Nigerian metropolis of Lagos. Four women from four different West African countries are thrown […]

Newly Elected Adama Barrow Faces Test As He Returns to the Gambia

Newly Elected Adama Barrow Faces Test As He Returns to the Gambia

The Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow will return to the capital Banjul on Thursday, days after long-standing ruler Yahya Jammeh, who initially disputed the election results, was forced into exile. Barrow had to be inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as regional powers threw their weight behind the new leader and threatened military intervention if Jammeh refused […]

National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Plane Helped Remove Jammeh

National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Plane Helped Remove Jammeh

Indications have emerged that a plane belonging to the National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was used to fly ex-Gambian President, Mr. Yahaya Jammeh out of the country. Vanguard learnt that the gesture was in furtherance of the reconciliatory efforts of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, in the […]

Gambia – A Lesson for African Dictators

Gambia – A Lesson for African Dictators

Soon after the peaceful transition of power from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in the US, Gambia’s crisis was also resolved without a single gunshot. The embattled President Yahya Jammeh appeared on national TV announcing his decision “to relinquish the mantle of leadership”. Jammeh’s decision to step down was not only important to his own […]

‘No Money in the Coffers, Yahya Jammeh Took it All’ in Gambia Says New President Adama Barrow

‘No Money in the Coffers, Yahya Jammeh Took it All’ in Gambia Says New President Adama Barrow

Speaking on Sengalese radio, elected President Adama Barrow said there appeared to be an absence of state funds following the exit of Yahya Jammeh. The deal Jammeh struck to exit the Gambia may make him untouchable. Gambian ex-President Yahya Jammeh drained state coffers before he fled the country, newly inaugurated President Adama Barrow, said on […]

President Yahya Jammeh’s Party Seeks Injunction to Block Adama Barrow’s Inauguration

President Yahya Jammeh’s Party Seeks Injunction to Block Adama Barrow’s Inauguration

The political party of Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh filed a request yesterday with the Supreme Court for an injunction blocking the swearing in of his rival and president-elect, Adama Barrow, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Barrow’s party has said the President would be honoured as a former head of state if he […]

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