Africa, World

On the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week (1 to 7 August), UNICEF, along with the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and the World...

Experts fear parliamentary elections scheduled for November may be destabilised following the withdrawal of the opposition African Party for the...

The refusal of the US to cut cotton subsidies that hurt West African farmers is a signal that they are not serious about living up to their...

Chad is to receive US$6.8 million from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) which injects money into crises that have been neglected or...

A cholera epidemic sweeping across Guinea Bissau has now infected 1,077 people - three-quarters of them in the capital Bissau - and killed 25,...

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is extremely satisfied that gradually the abominable human rights situation in the Gambia, particularly,...

The Gambia has a high population of 63,000 orphans, the causes of which are due to several factors ranging from poverty and other preventable...

The communities of Kotu South were on Thursday 31 July blessed with a D240, 000 worth of a public pump. This community has for several years been...

WAJA’s objective is to build the capacity of its membership in this part of our continent, said Alpha Sall the project Coordinator of the West Africa...

As part efforts to develop sports at grassroots level, the Brikama Youths and Sports Committee donated sporting materials worth over D30, 000 to the...