ECOWAS: Nigerian police unit to be deployed in Guinea-Bissau
ECOWAS has instructed that the “necessary steps” be taken to deploy a Nigerian police unit to Guinea-Bissau, according to the final communiqué of the organization’s […]
Gambia
Gambia’s Vice-President passes away while on medical treatment in India
Badara Alieu Joof, the Vice President of The Gambia, has died of illness in India, President Barrow announced. Joof, who flew to India three weeks […]
More than 65% of Guinea-Bissau voters are registered after one month
The director-general of the Technical Office for Support to the Electoral Process (GTAPE) of Guinea-Bissau, Gabriel Gibril Baldé said yesterday that 65.6 percent of Guineans […]
Gambia: Authorities release details on coup d’Etat
According to Gambian authorities, perpetrators of the attempted coup in the country on December 20 planned to detain senior government officials and use them as […]
Gambia: Commission to probe failed coup attempt
The Gambia announced the establishment of a commission to investigate a failed attempt to depose the current regime of President Adama Barrow. The attempt took […]
Equatorial Guinea signs Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Created in July 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the first globally enforceable multilateral agreement banning nuclear weapons in their entirety. […]
Morocco, Nigeria, ECOWAS Sign Gas Pipeline Agreement
Morocco’s National Agency for Mines and Hydrocarbons (ONHYM), Nigeria’s National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), and the Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) signed Thursday […]
Mali: ECOWAS sanctions maintained after Accra Summit
The exceptional ECOWAS and UEMOA Summits held on Saturday, June 4 in Accra, did not result in any progress for Guinea, Burkina Faso or Mali. […]
Gambia: Trial of “jungler” linked to the murder of Deyda Hydara opens in Germany
The trial of one of the alleged killers of Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara began on Monday 25 April in Celle, Germany. Bai Lowe is a […]
Operation in Casamance: Gambians flee the border area
Dozens of Gambians arrived in Bujinha this week fleeing the border area with Senegal, which has launched an operation against Casamance separatists entrenched on the […]