At least 84 people have died after a massive explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. Fuel spilled before igniting and the resulting inferno engulfed bystanders and vehicles at a busy junction. Footage broadcast by local media outlets showed badly charred bodies in[Read More…]
Year: 2021
Gambia 2021: Barrow Defends His Economic Record
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has used a rally organised by women to defend the economic record of his government ahead of next month’s presidential election. Mr Barrow, 56, seeking a second presidential term and is being challenged in the polls his political godfather, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe of the[Read More…]
Gambia 2021: Jaha Dukureh: The FGM Activist Hoping To Be President Of Gambia
Jaha Dukureh was a young mother of three with little campaigning experience when she started a movement in the Gambia to end female genital mutilation, backed by the Guardian. In the seven years that followed she advised Barack Obama in the US, where she was then living, helped have FGM[Read More…]
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