(JollofNews)- Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Tuesday he would hold a referendum this year to reduce the presidential term to five years from seven, seeking to “set an example” at a time when some African leaders want to lift their term limit.

(JollofNews) – The Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh has said the Gambia will benefit from a US$500 million hydroelectric power plant being constructed in Guinea.

(JollofNews) – The first phase of former Chad dictator Hissene Habre’s history-making trial for atrocities during the 1980s concluded in Senegal this week, with the regime’s victims giving at times traumatic and horrifying evidence.