(JollofNews) – International donors have pledged at least €1.45 billion ($1.71 billion) to support the new government in The Gambia to achieve its five-year development plan. The pledge was made at Tuesday’s donor conference in Brussels in the presence of President Adama Barrow. Official sources embedded with Barrow’s delegation to[Read More…]
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Nigerian Activist Slams African States for Attending US Embassy Opening
In a stinging opinion-piece entitled “I mourn, not because I am Palestinian”, Nigerian trade unionist and human rights activist, Owei Lakemfa, blasted African countries for attending the opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem, while 60 Palestinian protesters were being mowed down in the Gaza Strip: “I am African[Read More…]
Ghanaian Shoe Seller Vows To Bring Yahya Jammeh To Justice
(JollofNews) – A Ghanaian man is leading a campaign to bring The Gambia’s ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh to justice over the murder of 56 migrants who were mistaken for coup plotters, writes the BBC’s Alex Duval Smith. Martin Kyere leapt from the pick-up truck into the darkness. Bullets whistled around him[Read More…]
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