KAMPALA, Jan. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – Senior officials of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member countries, on Monday started a two-day meeting here, with a call,…
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Tanzania, Kenya agree to resolve aviation dispute
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to resolve restrictions on air travel between the two countries within the…
Red eye infection break out in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua/GNA) – Tanzania health authorities on Monday issued a high alert, over the outbreak of red eye disease that…
Concerns over continuing cholera outbreak in southern Africa
Nairobi, Jan 16, (dpa/GNA) – The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised concerns about the cholera epidemic, that has been raging in Eastern and…
Gambian prison officers tell Swiss trial of torture in jails under dictator Jammeh
By Mustapha K Darboe BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 16, New Narratives/GNA – Two Gambian prison officers—Lamin Sanneh and Abdou Jammeh—Monday testified to torture, and poor…
Tanzania gov’t shuts down collapsed gold mine as death toll reaches 22
SIMIYU, Tanzania, Jan. 15, (Xinhua/GNA) – Tanzanian authorities on Sunday, closed down mining activities at a gold mine, that killed 22 miners after it…
Witness tells Swiss Court Jammeh enforcer oversaw interrogation and torture
By Mustapha K Darboe BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 14, New Narratives, GNA – Demba Dem, the fourth plaintiff in the crimes against humanity trial of…
WHO sounds alarm as rising Congo River reaches near-record levels
BRAZZAVILLE, Jan. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – Nine out of 12 departments in the Republic of Congo, are grappling with severe flooding, as the Congo River…
UN agency warns against impending humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), has warned against an impending humanitarian crisis…
Burundi closes border with Rwanda, accuses neighbor of supporting rebels
KIGALI, Jan. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – Burundi said on Thursday, that it had closed its border with Rwanda, nearly two weeks after President Evariste Ndayishimiye,…
US-British strikes in Yemen left 5 dead, say Houthi rebels
Cairo, Jan 12, (dpa/GNA) – The US and British military strikes in Yemen, left five Houthi fighters dead and six others injured, the Iran-aligned…
Witness alleges torture and rape under Sonko’s command in the trial of Gambia’s former interior minister in Switzerland
By Mustapha K Darboe with New Narratives BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 12, New Narratives/GNA — A witness and plaintiff alleging that Ousman Sonko oversaw a…
First witness in Swiss trial of Gambia’s Jammeh enforcer Sonko alleges he treated her as a ‘sex slave’
By Mustapha K. Darboe with New Narratives Bellinzona, (Switzerland) Jan. 11, New Narratives/GNA – The first witness in the crimes against humanity trial of…
DR Congo court upholds President Tshisekedi’s re-election
KINSHASA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) – The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday officially confirmed the re-election of President Felix…
Victims Express “Relief” to See Former Jammeh Lieutenant Face Justice in Opening of Swiss Crimes Against Humanity Trial
Mustapha K Darboe with New Narratives BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 10, New Narratives/GNA —Ousman Sonko, a 54-year-old former Gambian police chief and interior minister, appeared…
DR Congo election: Three ministers and four governors disqualified for fraud and violence
Jan 6 (BBC/GNA) – Three ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month’s election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of…
12 charged in Sierra Leone coup attempt
Jan 3 (Africa Briefing/GNA) – Sierra Leone authorities have charged 12 people with treason in connection with a failed coup in November, including a…
Senegal unveils sub-Saharan Africa’s first all-electric BRT network in Dakar
Dec 31 (Africa Briefing/GNA) – Senegal celebrated a groundbreaking achievement earlier this week as it introduced the first-ever all-electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network…
World Food Programme warehouse looted by Sudan’s RSF militia
Nairobi, Dec. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Fighters with the Sudanese militia group RSF looted a warehouse used by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the conflict-torn nation, the…
At least 14 migrants drown off Morocco while trying to reach Spain
Madrid, Dec. 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least 14 people have died off the coast of Morocco after the small boat they were travelling in got into trouble…