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    World Gambia: Adama Barrow Arrives Embassy For Swearing-In Ceremony [PHOTOS]

    Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has arrived at his country's embassy in Senegal for his inauguration. See photos:
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    World ECOWAS Issues Order - Capture Yahya Jammeh Alive or Dead

    ECOWAS troops have been ordered to capture Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh alive or dead. An ECOMOG military Commander, Maiga Mboro said “all the troops are already in place” and some not far from the Gambian border. Already 11 pilots, 11 crew members and 80 “supporting troops” have been...
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    Business Dangote Tomato Paste Factory Shut Down Due to Shortage of Forex

    A tomato paste factory belonging to Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote has been shut down due to shortage of dollars needed to import raw materials. This is the second major tomato paste factory that has packed up in Nigeria under the Muhammadu Buhari administration. "Where the foreign...
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    World Gambia Army Chief - I Won't Order My Men to Fight For Yahya Jammeh

    Gambia’s army chief on Wednesday said that he would not order his men to fight other African troops if they enter Gambian territory. “We are not going to involve ourselves militarily. This is a political dispute,” Chief of Defence Staff Ousman Badjie said, after eating dinner in a tourist...
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    World Nigeria's Warship Heads to Gambia

    Nigeria’s newest warship, the NNS Unity, is currently enroute Gambia ahead of possible military intervention over President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to accept election defeat. BBC reports that according to a Nigerian Military source, the patrol vessel is currently sailing off the coast of Ghana...
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    World African Leaders Head to Gambia to Convince Yahya Jammeh to Step Down[PHOTOS]

    Ellen Sirleaf, President of Liberia, John Mahama, former President of Ghana and other African leaders are currently in Gambia to talk President Yahya Jammeh into stepping down once his tenure ends. See photos below:
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    World President Mugabe Will Die on 17th of October 2017 - Zimbabwe Prophet

    Patrick Mugadza, controversial Zimbabwe Prophet and leader of the Kariba Church, has revealed that President Robert Mugabe will die on 17th of October 2017. Mugadza said God told him on the 26th of December 2016, while he was praying that the 92-year-old president who has been ruling for...
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    World 4 Female Suicide Bombers Killed in Cameroon

    Four female suicide bombers who crossed into Cameroon from Nigeria have been killed. Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region, told VOA that self-defense groups spotted the four young women crossing the border in pairs early Wednesday. Three of them detonated their suicide...
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    World Nigerian Judges Named in Plot to Help Yahya Jammeh Remain President of Gambia

    Nigerian judges have been fingered in the ongoing crisis in Gambia. Gambian lawyers and members of the opposition have accused President Yahya Jammeh, of using “mercenary judges” from Nigeria, and other officials sent as technical assistants to the country’s judiciary, to hound dissidents...
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    World Cash Shortage Forces Zimbabwe to Sell 35 Elephants to China

    Zimbabwe has sold 35 elephants to China in a bid to ease overpopulation and raise funds for conservation. Zimbabwe's government has said it needs to sell wildlife to support its people and conservation efforts. The government also has sought to sell its ivory stockpile for millions of...
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    World Yahya Jammeh of Gambia Restates His Commitment to Staying in Power in New Year Message

    Gambia President, Yahya Jammeh in a new year message vows not to step down while accusing the Economic Community of West African States bloc (ECOWAS) of declaring a war against his country. Parts of his new year message read, “I have noticed that there are appeals in some quarters for me to...
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    World Kenyan Man - “I have sex with animals because I fear contracting HIV''

    A Kenyan man, Otieno Jalango has been arrested for raping his neighbour's goat. eDaily reports that Jalango was caught in the South East Muhuru area in Nyatike Sub-County, Migori County while having sex with the domestic animal. When he was asked why he had sex with the goat, Jalango...
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    World Zimbabwe : Ruling Party Endorses Mugabe Ahead of 2018 Elections

    Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF on Saturday endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2018 election. Mugabe was endorsed by all party structures at the meeting held in Masvingo, 300 kilometres (186 miles) southeast of the capital Harare; NEW ZIMBABWE reports. The endorsement was...
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    Politics ECOWAS Names President Buhari ‘Chief Mediator’ to Gambia

    The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has appionted President Muhammadu Buhari and his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Mahama as Chief Mediator and Co-Mediator respectively in the Gambian political impasse. According to a communiqué presented at the end of the 50th...
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    World Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to Step Down After 37years in Power

    Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will step down in 2017. National Radio of Angola said that Defence Minister Joao Lourenco would take over as MPLA leader, in news confirmed to AFP by Joao Pinto, a senior member of the ruling party. "The president will not be a candidate and he...
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    World Catholic Archbishop Begs Women - Please Stop Beating Up Your Husbands

    Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of the Catholic Diocese of Kampala has warned married women to stop beating their husbands. DAILY MONITOR reports that the Archbishop made the call while reacting to a police report about Mpingi District in the Uganda’s central region which showed that five...
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    World Yahya Jammeh of Gambia Seeks 5th Term in Office

    President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia is seeking a fifth term in office. BBC reports that his key opposition is estate agent Adama Barrow whom most opposition figures have lined up behind. Mr Jammeh took power in a 1994 coup. On Tuesday Jammeh warned his rivals against contesting the outcome of...
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    Entertainment OAP Anita - If You Break My Heart, I'll Bang Every Man in Your Family

    Kenyan OAP, Anita Raey has issued a public threat to men who think they can toy with her heart. The Milele FM presenter, handed down her threat via Facebook. She wrote, ‘I know every man who wants to date me is on Facebook..So I will use this platform to deliver this message…. I have let a few...
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    World Grace Mugabe - ''I’m the president already''

    Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwean First lady has declared that she'll be the next President after her Husband, President Robert Mugabe steps down. Speaking at a gathering, Mashonaland West women’s league chairperson, Angeline Muchemeyi revealed that Grace Mugabe who has been the league secretary...
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    World Zimbabwe Prostitute Beats Up Local Man For Offering to Pay Her With Egg

    A 23-Year old Prostitute in Zimbabwe simply identified as Chipo reportedly beat up one Moses Mushonga, 28, for offering to pay her with an egg in exchange for her services. DAILY MAIL UK reports that when Mushonga walked up to the young lady of the night in the town of Mvurwi in Mashonaland...
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