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Gambia’s Jammeh must leave power when term ends – UN

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UN official in West Africa on Wednesday said Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not be allowed to remain president if…

Gambia security forces seize election commission HQ

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9 years ago

The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president…

Breaking: Briton jailed over attempt to kill Trump with gun

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9 years ago

A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a…

Trump picks Exxon chief, Tillerson for US Secretary of State

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9 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for US secretary of…

UN dispatches Buhari, Mahama to Gambia to force Jammeh to quit

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9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari, his Liberian and Ghanaian counterparts, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and John Mahama, will on Tuesday, leave for Banjul to…

Ban Ki-moon bids UN farewell

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Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a farewell speech on Monday, said that his tenure as the eight UN scribe…

New UN Secretary-General to be sworn-in Monday

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9 years ago

UN Secretary-General-designate and former Prime Minister of Portugal, António Guterres, will be sworn-in on Monday, Dec. 12, as the next…

I ‘absolutely’ suffered racism in office – Obama

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9 years ago

Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama has disclosed that he ‘absolutely’ suffered racism in office, adding Americans’ ‘primary concern about me…

UN orders Jammeh to step down as president

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9 years ago

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, The UN Security Council has said. President Jammeh…

Breaking: AU orders Yahya Jammeh of Gambia to transfer power

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9 years ago

The African Union on Saturday called a statement by Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh rejecting his loss in December 1 polls…

Breaking: Gambia’s president makes U-turn, rejects election result

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9 years ago

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of last week’s election that he lost to opposition…

Nana Akufo-Addo is Ghana’s president-elect

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Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won Ghana’s national election, becoming president elect at the third attempt and cementing the country’s reputation…

Boko Haram: U.S. lawmakers okay 5-year strategy to assist Nigeria

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The United States House of Representatives has passed a legislation directing the country’s Secretaries of State and Defence to jointly…

Breaking: President Mahama of Ghana concedes defeat to Nana Akufo-Addo

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President John Mahama of Ghana has conceded defeat to the opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the just concluded 2016 general…

Trump picks climate critic Pruitt for environment chief

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9 years ago

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen an outspoken critic of President Obama’s climate change policies to head the Environmental Protection…

Ghana opposition calls on president to concede defeat

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Ghana’s main opposition party on Thursday said it had a strong lead in elections and called on President John Mahama…

No survivors in Pakistan air crash

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9 years ago

The Pakistan Aviation Authority on Wednesday said all the 48 people on board a commercial aircraft that crashed in northern…

Breaking: MPs back government’s Brexit timetable

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9 years ago

The British Member of Parliaments, MPs have voted to back the government’s plan to start formal talks on Brexit by…

43 passengers dead in Pakistan plane crash

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A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the…

Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections

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9 years ago

Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…

Trump to cancel order of new planes for American president

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9 years ago

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to…

Saudi court sentences 15 to death for spying

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9 years ago

A Saudi Court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom’s arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported,…

Breaking: Italian prime minister, Renzi resigns after defeat in referendum

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9 years ago

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform…

Breaking: 9 die in California club fire

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9 years ago

At least nine people have died in a fire during a club night near San Francisco, authorities say. The fire…

Jubilation in Gambia as Jammeh suffers defeat after 22 years in power

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9 years ago

There is wild jubilation in Gambia as Yahya Jammeh, the country’s authoritarian president of 22 years, suffered a surprise defeat…

18 killed as passenger bus plunges into lake

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9 years ago

Chinese authorities say 18 people have died and two more are in hospital after a small passenger bus plunged into…

UN appoints Nigeria’s Olufemi Elias Registrar International Residual Mechanism

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9 years ago

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the appointment of Olufemi Elias as Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for…

11 dead in Somalia car bomb blast

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9 years ago

A car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured 16 others in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast hit…

Breaking: Trump calls Castro “brutal dictator”

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9 years ago

Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro was a “brutal dictator”, US President-elect Donald Trump has said, hours after the 90-year-old’s death…

History will judge Fidel Castro impact – Obama

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9 years ago

“History will judge the enormous impact” of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro on the world, US President Barack Obama has…

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