Africa

8 years ago
Africa Gambia's new President Adama Barrow arrives home

Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile.

8 years ago
Africa Gambia crisis: Senegal troops 'enter' to back new president

Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country's new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said.

8 years ago
Africa Gambia crisis: Barrow sworn in in Senegal as Jammeh stays put

Adama Barrow, the man who won The Gambia's disputed election, has been sworn in as president.

8 years ago
Africa No word from Gambia leader Jammeh as deadline to cede power passes

After more than two decades in power, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a military intervention by regional forces, as the man who...

8 years ago
Africa Gambia's President Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passes

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a deadline set by Senegal.

8 years ago
Africa Nigeria air strike error kills up to 100 in refugee camp

A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens...

8 years ago
Africa The Gambia's president declares state of emergency

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends.

8 years ago
Africa Amadou Gon Coulibaly named Ivory Coast’s new prime minister

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday named outgoing prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's first vice-president and...

8 years ago
Africa Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves government after polls

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday in a move that had been expected following the...

8 years ago
Africa Electoral college voters urged to vote against Trump Monday, but most reluctant to do so

Whether they like Trump or not, and some plainly don't, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meetings told AP they feel...

8 years ago
Africa West African leaders aim to enforce Gambia election result

West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a little-known businessman backed by an opposition...

8 years ago
Africa Nigeria church roof collapse kills scores of worshippers

Hospital sources said 200 others had been treated for injuries.

8 years ago
Africa Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh rejects election result

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.

8 years ago
Africa How did fake US embassy operate in Ghana for a decade?

News has travelled the world that an organised gang based in Ghana ran a fake embassy selling real US visas for $6,000 (£4,700) for "about a decade"....

8 years ago
Africa Astonishment at Gambia election result

Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia's authoritarian president of 22 years, has suffered a surprise defeat in the country's general election.

8 years ago
Africa Guinea-Bissau president dissolves government

Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government on Monday in an attempt to solve a political succession crisis that has paralysed...

8 years ago
Africa South Africa’s Zuma survives no confidence vote after graft allegations

South African President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday, after the anti-graft watchdog called in a report for a judicial inquiry...

8 years ago
Africa Nigerian troops rescue Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram

Nigerian troops rescued a Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago in a raid Saturday. She had a 10-month-old...

9 years ago
Africa Namibia's 'home-grown doctors' start to make a difference

Dr Tjamena Murangi is seeing to a patient with a large infected wound on her arm - it is swollen and has lost colour. "Sorry Sisi, sorry," he says in...

9 years ago
Africa South Africa to leave International Criminal Court

South Africa has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court following a dispute last year over a visit by Sudanese President Omar...

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