President Adama Barrow of the Gambia will Monday travel to Liberia to ttend the official opening ceremony of the country’s bicentennial commemoration. The event will mark 200 years since the arrival of the first batch of liberated Africans from the United States to present-day Liberia, thus becoming the first Republic[Read More…]
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Ecstatic Crowds Greet AFCON Winners Senegal In Dakar
Senegal’s football team arrived home a day after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic and chanting fans in the capital Dakar. Huge crowds descended on a military airport in the West African country’s capital on Monday, blowing vuvuzelas and waving flags in celebration.[Read More…]
Prosecutor Demand 30 years In Prison For Compaoré Over Sankara’s Assassination
The Burkinabe military prosecutor’s office on Tuesday demanded 30 years in prison against former President Blaise Compaore, accused of being the main sponsor of the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987. Currently in exile in Cote d’Ivoire, the former head of state of Burkina Faso (1987 – 2014)[Read More…]

