Senegal’s main opposition leader on Monday called for a fresh demonstration to be held on June 29, despite the previous one being banned and the ensuing clashes leaving three dead. Ousmane Sonko, who came third in the last presidential election, also called on citizens to bang pots and pans in[Read More…]
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W/Africa Bloc Deploys Stabilizing Force To G/Bissau
West Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed troops to Guinea-Bissau on Monday to help stabilize the country after a failed coup earlier this year. The 15-nation bloc announced in February that it would deploy the force, a few days after President Umaru Sissoco Embalo[Read More…]
Bachilly Says Fertilizer At D2000 Insane
One of President Adama Barrow’s senior coalition partners has called on the Gambian leader to show compassion and love to Gambian farmers by re-establishing the 2021 fertilizer price of D750, saying government’s current price tag of D2000 for a bag of fertilizer is insane. Musa Ousainou Yalli Bachilly made similar[Read More…]