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GTTI law students meet IGP

Monday, September 22, 2008

The Law Students Association at The Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) recently called on the Inspector General of Police, Ensa Badjie, at...

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GHANA: Pre-election violence escalates

africa » ghana » tamale

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Following an upsurge of pre-election violence that has killed three people and injured many others in northern Ghana, experts fear hostilities will...

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A typical demonstration of compassion

africa » gambia

Friday, September 05, 2008

On Wednesday, the body of President Levi Mwanawasa, the deceased Zambian leader who last month succumbed to a stroke that had hit him while attending...

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Mauritania ALERT: Journalist arrested while covering demonstration

africa » mauritania » nouakchott

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Ahmed Ould Neda, reporter of Akbar Info, a Nouakchott-based independent news agency was on August 7, 2008 arrested and detained by the Mauritanian...

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National interest first

africa » gambia

Friday, August 08, 2008

Gambians are aghast at the revelation by the Department of State for Trade condemning the appalling practice of insatiable businessmen who sell basic...

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Ecobank wins prestigious awards

africa » gambia

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Ecobank Group recently won two major awards at the CBC-African Business Awards ceremony held in London. Arnold Ekpe, Ecobank’s chief executive,...

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Wade told to emulate Jammeh’s gov’t

africa » senegal » dakar

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The leader of Senegal’s Ecologist Party, Ali Aïdar, has call on President Abdoulaye Wade to learn from President Yahya Jammeh’s governance method.Ali...

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ZIMBABWE: 59 protestors beaten up, 11 arrested

africa » south africa » johannesburg

IRIN NEW http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Morethan 50 protesting Zimbabweans were beaten up and 11 members of theactivist organisation, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), were arrested inthe...

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SENEGAL: As protests swell “self sufficiency” plan is questioned

Africa » Gambia

IRIN News http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Discontent in Senegal’s capital Dakar, where millions depend on imported rice and foodstuffs, has increased in lockstep with rising global food and...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Food and electricity prices spark union protest

africa » south africa » johannesburg

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Thousands of members of the Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU) took to the streets of Johannesburg on Thursday to protest rocketing food...

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