Africa, World

Hearing of the appeal case filed by El-Malick Seck, a publisher of Dakar-based Daily24 Heures Chrono newspaper, has been adjourned to February 16,...

The Sierra Leone government is considering a health care plan that would combine a national insurance scheme with totally free care for the neediest...

The Supreme Court in Mauritania on February 3, 2009 granted bail to Isselmou Ould Abdelkader, a former legislator, after he has spent over three...

Agency calls for release of all children from armed groups UNICEF welcomed today the release of 85 children by the Mayi Mayi armed group in North...

Pap Saine, editor and co-publisher of The Point, a Banjul-based privately-owned newspaper, charged with “publishing and broadcasting false...

Countries in Africa should promote maternal, infant and child health and report on progress, in order to curb high deaths rates on the continent, a...

An international financial recession threatens to worsen the “severe medical workforce crisis” faced by almost 60 African and Asian countries,...

The government of The Gambia yesterday completed the signing of a four-year contract with Belgian Coach Paul Put to lead the senior national...

Seedy MB Kinteh, president of The Gambia Football Association, has pointed out the enormous task ahead of Paul Put in achieving best results for...

The death is announced of Pa William Ndure commonly known by his contemporaries as ‘Ngarrah’ a name he picked up during his international...