(JollofNews) – Senegal’s highest court rejected on Thursday an appeal by the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade against a six-year prison term for corruption, a setback to his hopes of contesting the next presidential election.
Year: 2015
G/Bissau’s New PM Sworn In Despite Ruling Party Disapproval
(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau’s new Prime Minister Baciro Dja was sworn in despite angry protests from the ruling party, deepening a political crisis a week after the government was sacked.
Gambia Secures $10m From BADEA For Rural Road Project
(JollofNews) – The Gambia government and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Tuesday signed a financing agreement involving $10 million earmarked for the construction of a major rural road linking the north and south of the country.