(JollofNews) – Senegal’s highest court rejected on Thursday an appeal by the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade against a six-year prison term for corruption, a setback to his hopes of contesting the next presidential election.

(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau’s new Prime Minister Baciro Dja was sworn in despite angry protests from the ruling party, deepening a political crisis a week after the government was sacked.

(JollofNews) – Oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has been given the green light to press ahead with a major drilling programme off Senegal in West Africa.The company said it had been cleared by government officials in Senegal to launch an evaluation plan. Cairn, which made two discoveries in the[Read More…]