A new report published by the World Bank and release Monday 15th March, 2010, has uncovered the hindering effect of a form of corruption hardly spoken about on the development efforts across the Afric……

The accused allegedly allocated salaries to ghost workers in the Guinea Bissau civil service, according to Edmundo Mendes; they succeeded by forging identity cards of some war veterans. "These……

Delegates at a regional human rights confab have called on African leaders to move towards domesticating and implementing the numerous adopted instruments. This call was made in Banjul, where partic……

Gambian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Mambury Njie, has held talks with the chairman of the group, Sheikh Tariq Bin Faisal Al Qassimi, with the aim of enticing the group to explore investmen……

Barely 24 hours after the US government released an incriminating report on the human rights situation in Gambia, Amnesty International has issued a statement, urging the Gambian authorities to either……

Karim Dahaba a local football coach said: “The decision was a matured one. They could not have made a better choice. The man makes the best representation in terms of quality football player, an……

Senegal’s Minister of International Cooperation, Karim Wade and the Chinese ambassador to the West African nation, Yuan Xing Gong, signed a financing agreement of a project as part of extension ……

Renowned Gambian human rights lawyer, who happens to be the country’s main opposition leader, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has vowed never to defend drug offenders in court. The opposition leader wa……

A Gambian journalist, based in the United Kingdom, has reported receiving death threat emails from people claiming to be working with the feared Gambian intelligence body, the National Intelligence Ag……

The $2.4 million UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) project involves helping the beneficiary farmer groups meet the necessary requirements in terms of certification and methods to grow and ex……

Business Insider, a US based business news site, is at loggerhead with government officials allied to Senegalese President Abdoulie Wade and his son, Karim Wade, over a damning report the newspaper pu……

A founding member of the Pan-African Film Festival (FESPACO), Traore reportedly died Monday morning in Paris, France, at age 68. Born in 1942 in Dakar, he directed several feature films and movies wit……

According to the statement, these flights will be operated by Airbus A340-300 with a configuration of 3 classes (1-era, business and economy). ‘‘Emirates flight 979 will depart Dubai at……

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Senegal, Marcia S. Bernicat, said Monday in Dakar that Senegal has not benefited greatly from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a US-Afri……

The world Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a massive synchronized campaign against polio in Africa. The global health body Thursday announced that over 85 million children will be immunized acro……

According to the organizers, the main goal of the initiative is to bridge the knowledge gap among Africans about the continent. The caravan is scheduled to last for 90 days, commencing in the Sene……

Hungarians are no more racist than any other nation. The problem in Budapest is that the majority of Africa immigrants or refugees who find themselves in Hungary are up to no good, be that drug dealin……

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Senegalese have an enduring proclivity for obsession. Whether it is sport, politics, music, or religion, Senegalese put their whole in whatever they get involved in. It makes it a somewhat knotty task……

Gambia might not be the only country whose rights situation was reviewed in Geneva recently, at the 7th session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), but thanks to a largely unfavor……

Senegalese superstar, Youssou Ndour, last Sunday told reporters that by staging concerts artists are not able to make anything in terms of finance. Mr Ndour was speaking at the launching ceremony of a……

The government of Senegal is on the verge of declaring slave trade and slavery crimes against humanity, according to government sources. Reports say that the Senegalese president has forwarded a bill ……

The Police has arrested and detained the two since February 9th. Information from investigation surrounding their case revealed that the suspects were in possession of several firearms with silenc……

Senegalese Mbalax superstar, Youssou Ndour, over the week end joined growing calls for an end to the on going fighting between Senegalese forces and the MFDC separatist movement, which has brought lif……

Youssou Ndour, Senegalese music superstar, has reiterated his determination to work towards the eradication of malaria, no. 1 killer disease in Africa. Mr Ndour who was speaking at a press conferenc……