Africa: All of Africa Today - April 9, 2026

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Africa: Protecting Forests Is Protecting Africa's Agrifood Systems

Recently in The Gambia, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission gathered to reflect on the bonds between people and the forest landscapes that sustain them. The meeting took… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - June 30, 2025

 Peter Obi Vows Another Shot At Nigeria's Presidency. Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - May 16, 2025

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Africa: All of Africa Today - April 17, 2025

 Rights Groups Criticize New Zimbabwean Law That Curbs Civic Space Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - April 10, 2025

Campaigners Urge Gambia Not To Lose Hope In Seeking Justice For Past Crimes Read more »

Gambia: 'No Medical Value' - Activist Cautions Parliament Against Reversing FGM Ban

A prominent campaigner against female genital mutilation urged Gambian MPs not to reverse the 2015 ban that the country's former president Yahya Jammeh signed into law. Jaha… Read more »

Gambia: The Gambia's Parliament Considers Lifting Ban on FGM

The Gambian government is discussing lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) this month. Some Gambian members of parliament believe that declaring the practice illegal… Read more »

West Africa: The Human Cost of Overfishing

The executive summary of a report by Amnesty International on overfishing in Gambia. Read more »

West Africa: Illegal Fishing Costs West African Nations Billions in Revenue

Six West African nations lose U.S. $2.3 billion a year as a result of illegal fishing, says a new report from Amnesty International. Read more »

Africa: Helping Small Businesses Adapt to the Climate Crisis is Crucial for African Countries #AfricaClimateHope

Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential engines for growth and play a key role in creating jobs and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Yet, the financing gap for SMEs,… Read more »

Gambia: U.S. Acts to Seize Former Gambia Leader Jammeh's Property

Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Read more »

Africa: Why Ending FGM Is 'Actually Not Hard', Says Activist Jaha Dukureh

Jaha Dukureh and her organisation Safe Hands for Girls have set themselves a date to end a war that has been going on for 15 years - ending female genital mutilation (FGM).… Read more »

Gambia: Country's Founding President Dies

The first president of The Gambia, Dawda Jawara, is dead reports RFI. He died on Tuesday, August 27 at the age of 95 years. His family confirmed his death at his residence in… Read more »

Africa: African Nations Pledge to Use Trade to Reduce Poverty

Gambia's Vice President and Minister for Women's Affairs, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, says trade has been a strategic tool for reducing poverty and has delivered incredible gains… Read more »

West Africa: Helping to Bring Perpetrators to Justice at Home

Activists and victims of some of the worst crimes committed in West Africa sat down together in Banjul, Gambia recently to talk about how to bring to justice more people… Read more »

Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Challenging Economic Outlook - World Bank

Sub-Saharan Africa's economies are experiencing a modest recovery, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the region expected to rise to 2.4 percent in 2017 from 1.3 percent… Read more »

Africa: 10 Yays for the AU!

While the African Union gets a lot of flack for its inaction, they have taken *some* good decisions. We want to use Madam Chair's departure to highlight those... Read more »

Gambia: Is Jammeh Changing His Tone? - VIDEO

In his latest speech to the nation, Yahya Jammeh said the 2016 election result - which he lost - is not credible, and criticised "foreign interference" and a "sustained smear… Read more »

Gambia: A Message to the Gambia - 'Build that Bridge'

The Gambia is free at last of Yahya Jammeh. Newly elected President Adama Barrow must now take bold steps to restore Gambia's place as a responsible West African nation, with… Read more »

Gambia: What is Happening With Gambia Vote Counting?

Counting has started after presidential elections in Gambia, with the incumbent Yahya Jammeh seeking a fifth mandate. According to Reuters, the first results from two… Read more »

Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring in Banjul?

"We are ready for change!" These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President… Read more »

Africa: 22000 CODESRIA books to African institutions of higher education

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) has donated 21,771 books to seven African institutions of higher education and research and five… Read more »

Africa: 'China-Africa Cooperation Must be Mutually Beneficial'

A China-Africa Symposium was held on 11-12 August, 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya, on the theme "Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development". It was co-hosted by the Institute of African… Read more »

Africa: Thirty Nations Cut 'Multidimensional' Poverty in 'Runaway Success'

According to a new analysis from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, 30 of 35 sub-Saharan African countries analysed for changes to… Read more »