President Alassane Ouattara (78) has been blowing hot and cold on whether he’ll be seeking a third term.
A soldier from Niger patrols near the border with Nigeria. Porous borders with Nigeria and Mali are hotbeds for Jihadists and marauding local militias.
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The Gambia’s agreement with the European Union to return immigrants to the country is causing the government problems at home.
ohingyas refugees gather near the fence at the ‘no man’s land’ zone between the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The Gambia has announced it’ll take a case against Myanmar to the ICJ.
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The sheer volume of pregnant women in the refugee camps was an early indicator of the extent sexual violence was used against Rohingya women and girls.
3D illustration of Helicobacter Pylori in the stomach.
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Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
Then President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh and First Lady Zeinab arrive at the White House in Washington DC for the US Africa Leaders Summit in 2014.
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An African court with international criminal jurisdiction which has been debated but never been put into operation could be an option if Africa withdraws from the ICC.
Some of the 50 Cuban medical specialists who arrived in Kenya recently to work in under served rural areas.
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