Gambia: UN Launches Hub to Catalyse Deeper Understanding of Peace-Building Impact

The United Nations Peace Building Support Office (PBSO) of the Department of Political and peace building Affairs (DPPA) has launched the Peace building Impact Hub to catalyse a… Read more »

Gambia: Govt Reviewing Soldier's Dismissal After High Court's Ruling

Gambia's Justice Minister, Dawda Jallow, has told members of the National Assembly that the ministry of defence is reviewing the dismissal of Corporal Omar Sarjo even though the… Read more »

West Africa: Senegalese President Calls On Europe to Increase Efforts to Curb Insurgency in Sahel

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye recently urged Europe to do more to fight the insurgency in the Sahel, a region that has already deteriorated following years of conflict… Read more »

Gambia: GAF Detains Former Brigadier General Colley

The Gambia Armed Forces have confirmed that a former Brigadier General, who left the Gambia Armed Forces following the departure of Yahya Jammeh from the shores of this country,… Read more »

Africa: IOM Report Says 7.9 Million People Internally Displaced in 2023

According to a report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 7.9 million people in West and Central Africa (WCA), were internally displaced due to… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Court President Says Political Developments Could Hamper Efforts of Democratic Consolidation

The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Edward Amoako Asante, has said political developments in the region can hamper efforts of democratic consolidation if the developments… Read more »

Gambia: Peace Network CEO Urges Gambians to Avoid Ethnicity, Religion to Divide Them

The CEO of Peace Network - Gambia, Mr Alassan Justice Jallow, has called on Gambians not to allow ethnicity, tribe and religion to divide them following his return from weeks of… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal's President-Elect Faye Calls for Reconciliation, Peace

Senegal's President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence in his first victory… Read more »

Senegal: Battles of Prerogatives in Senegal

Since the postponement of the 2024 presidential election in Senegal, the constitutional council had asked the president to fix a new date by decree. The previous date given was… Read more »

Gambia: Gambian Referee to Officiate CAF Confederation Cup Match

Lamin N. Jammeh, a Gambian referee has been appointed to preside over the CAF Confederation Cup match between Abu Salim SC of Libya and Zamalek of Egypt. Read more »

Senegal: Is Senegal Heading Towards a Constitutional Crisis?

Speaking to Foroyaa on the subject matter, Halifa Sallah asserted that according to Article 31 of the Constitution of Senegal, the ballot has to take place 45 days at most and 30… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Parliament to Discuss Regional Cohesion, Security

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to discuss regional cohesion and security in their upcoming First Ordinary Session in 2024… Read more »

Gambia: GAF Says Retired Lt. Col Samsudeen Sarr's Remarks About the Army, ECOMIG Disappointing and Ill-Informed

The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) in a press release referred to retired Lieutenant Colonel SamsudeenSarr's remarks about the Gambia Army and ECOMIG as disappointing, fallacious,… Read more »

Senegal: Six Thousand People Displaced By Casamance Conflict

The Gambia's Minority Leader, Hon. Alhagie S. Darboe, while addressing the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, disclosed that an estimated 6000 Senegalese and Gambians are displaced from… Read more »

Gambia: Karunorr Is Not At Peace

The village of Karunorr less than a kilometre from the border is now undergoing unsettling moments. Low flying drones at the border and frequent gunshots near the border indicate… Read more »

West Africa: War Between Casamance Forces and Govt Army Devastates District

The district of Foni Kansala has been bedeviled by crisis due to the armed conflict between the armed opposition Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance and Senegalese military… Read more »