Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm in the northwestern part of the country, the government of the West African state and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The outbreak occurred on March 18 on a farm[Read More…]
Author: JollofNews
Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko Given Two-Month Suspended Term For Libel
A court in Senegal has handed down a two-month suspended prison sentence to leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko for libel, his lawyers said. The court in the capital, Dakar found him guilty on Thursday of defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, whom he accused of embezzlement. The sentence will not[Read More…]
Slain Gambian: GRA Condemns German Mayor’s Prejudiced Remarks, Urges Both Gov’ts To Act
The Gambia Refugees Association Europe Branch (GRA Europe Branch) has learnt with shock, the discriminatory and insensitive remarks made by Mayor Boris Erasmus Palmer of Tübingen City in Baden-Württemberg over the killing of a 23-year-old Gambian refugee Basiru Jallow, widely known as B-Boy in Tübingen City. Basiru Jallow was stabbed[Read More…]