A German regional court on Thursday (30 November) handed down a historic sentence when it sent a former member of a Gambian death squad to prison for life, convicting him for crimes against humanity, among other charges. The 47-year-old Bai Lowe, who was linked to the killing of AFP journalist Deyda Hydara, was convicted of […]
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Gambia Reiterates Support for Moroccan Sovereignty Over Sahara
Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, reiterated, from Rabat Monday, his country’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. During a press briefing following his talks with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Gambian Minister reiterated his country’s position “which entertains no ambivalence” on Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. Recalling that his country was among […]
Italy to expulse 12000 illegal migrants including 4000 Tunisians
Italy is set to flash out 12000 people from its territory including 4000 Tunisians, for illegal migration, the European country’s Interior minister Matteo Pintedosi has indicated. According to Pintedosi, the move targets illegal migrants who arrived in the first half of this year and is in accordance with the Cutro decree adopted in May and […]
EU Pledges Support to Morocco’s Efforts against Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking
The European Union pledges to support Morocco’s efforts to fight the smuggling of migrants and human trafficking in its action plan unveiled Tuesday in Brussels by EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson. The action plan will be submitted to the upcoming EU Justice & Home Affairs Council (June 8-9) and the European Council (June 29-30). […]
Senegal: AU, UN urge calm after deadly clashes, govt’s social media restrictions
The United Nations and African Union have called for calm in Senegal after at least 15 people were killed in an outbreak of violence following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The sentencing of opposition politician Sonko for two years in jail on charges of ‘corrupting youth’ sparked some of the deadliest violence in […]
Switzerland charges Gambia’s ex-minister with crimes against humanity
Switzerland’s attorney general has filed an indictment against a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity committed under ex-strongman leader Yahya Jammeh between 2000 and 2016, specifically for his alleged role in years of repression by the West African country’s security forces against opponents of the long-time dictator. Ousman Sonko, who was Gambia’s […]
Ghana, Gambia join DCO seeking to build tech-based economies
Ghana and Gambia, both of which were recently welcomed as new members of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), are now gearing up for tech-based economies where knowledge on 4IR is the new business capital. As legacy economies continue to fall out of favor the world over, the two west African countries are ramping up efforts […]
Algeria heads on with inhuman expulsion of Sub-Saharan migrants
Algeria has flashed out in recent days close to 900 sub-Saharan migrants as the country closes ears to criticism of its inhuman expulsion of Africans abandoned, unattended in the desert at the border with Niger. Exactly 899 migrants from 16 southern Saharan countries were deported by Algerian authorities on February 12, said Alarm Phone Sahara, […]
Gambia: Two army officers arrested over alleged foiled coup plot
Gambia’s security services have arrested two military officers who are suspected of being involved in a coup attempt against President Adama Barrow last week, Gambia’s government spokesperson said. The government said on 21 December that a group of soldiers had been arrested in connection with the alleged plot to overthrow President Barrow’s government in the […]
Gambia: Four soldiers arrested over botched military coup
Gambian authorities have arrested four soldiers indicted for a failed military coup aiming to topple incumbent President Adama Barrow and his administration. “Based on intelligence that some soldiers in the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow, the high command (of the Gambian armed forces) quickly mounted a […]