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The appointment of a new group of professionals to important roles in the vice president’s office has received formal approval from President John Dramani Mahama. The…

In the ever-complicated world of American immigration politics, few figures have stirred as much controversy as former President Donald Trump. From his campaign speeches to his…

President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. The 55 year old President was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell.…

Mali recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday, a day before the West African country voted in a long-delayed parliamentary election threatened by both the pandemic…

Malians go to the polls on Sunday for the long-delayed parliamentary election despite a security crisis, the recent kidnapping of a leading opposition politician and the…

The UK will officially leave the European Union at 23:00 GMT, ending 47 years of membership. In a video message to be released an hour earlier,…

Police in The Gambia have banned a group that planned to continue anti-government protests calling for president Adama Barrow to call elections despite having two more…

Thousands of supporters of The Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh have demonstrated on the outskirts of the capital Banjul, demanding his return from self-exile. The protest…

The Gambia has warned its ousted leader Yahya Jammeh not to try to return home from his exile in Equatorial Guinea. Mr Jammeh’s safety couldn’t be…

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that…