Campaigning for Gambia’s December 4th presidential election has been taking place in a largely carnival atmosphere but beyond this feel-good facade lurks a perceptible cocktail of tension and fear over its possible aftermath. The knives are out, the campaign rhetoric from all sides has hardened, and the plot and sub-plot[Read More…]
Author: APA
Senegal’s Customs Intercept Drug Traffickers
Fake drugs, Indian hemp and morphine, worth a total of nearly 150 million CFA francs, were seized yesterday in two localities of the country. As part of the fight against international drug trafficking, the Senegalese customs officers are striking hard. The commercial brigade of Keur Ayip (Centre) said in a[Read More…]
Guinea Bissau Military Foil Coup
The military in Guinea-Bissau has claimed foiling a coup by soldiers from within its ranks, APA learnt on Friday. In a statement Guinea-Bissau’s military chief General Biague Na Ntan said those involved in the attempted coup to overthrow civilian president Umaru Sissoco Embalo have been identified, arrested and detained. President[Read More…]
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